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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in Apache HttpClient shipped with Netcool/OMNIbus Integrations Java Gateway Framework (CVE-2020-13956)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Apache HttpClient is a component shipped with IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Integrations Java Gateway Framework. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting Apache HttpClient has been published. (CVE-2020-13956)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-13956
DESCRIPTION:   Apache HttpClient could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of malformed authority component in request URIs. By passing request URIs to the library as java.net.URI object, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to pick the wrong target host for request execution.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189572 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus Integrations - Java Gateway Framework (nco-g-java) 8.0 up to 9.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s) Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus Integrations - Java Gateway Framework (nco-g-java) 10.0
Details on how to download the latest package is in the release notice here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/255017

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

11 Dec 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
13 December 2020

Initial Publish date:
11 December 2020

UID

ibm16378326

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