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Security Bulletin: jackson-databind vulnerability CVE-2020-24750 impacts IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server and Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint versions prior to V4.0

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Summary

Jackson-databind vulnerability CVE-2020-24750 impacts IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server and Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint versions prior to 4.0.0. The fix for this set of vulnerabilities was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server V4.0.0 and IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint V4.0.0.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-24750
DESCRIPTION:   FasterXML jackson-databind could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization between gadgets and typing, related to com.pastdev.httpcomponents.configuration.JndiConfiguration. By sending specially-crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188470 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server3.9.6.2 and earlier
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint3.9.6.2 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

The fix for this set of vulnerabilities was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server V4.0.0 and IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint V4.0.0.

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server4.0.0Nonehttps://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Aspera+High-Speed+Transfer+Server&release=4.0.0&platform=All&function=all
IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint4.0.0Nonehttps://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/IBM+Aspera+High-Speed+Transfer+Endpoint&release=4.0.0&platform=All&function=all

 

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

01 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:
09 December 2020

UID

ibm16380384

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