Security Bulletin
Summary
Redhat provided OpenSSH is used by IBM Integrated Analytics System. This bulletin provides mitigation for the reported CVE.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-15778
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper input validation in the remote function in scp.c. By opening a specially crafted file containing backtick characters in the destination argument, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185805 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Integrated Analytics System | 1.0.0-1.0.23.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
None
Workarounds and Mitigations
Mitigation for reported CVE CVE-2020-15778 is as follows:
This security flaw lies in the way scp command parses its command line arguments. The SSH protocol or any other applications shipped as a part of openssh-clients packages are not vulnerable.
We therefore recommends the use of rsync in the place of scp for better security. More details about supported alternatives available at: https://access.redhat.com/articles/5284081
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References
Change History
12 November 2020: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
12 November 2020
UID
ibm16367163