Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a vulnerability in the Hibernate Validator library used by WebSphere Application Server Liberty.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-10693
DESCRIPTION: Hibernate Hibernate Validator could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the message interpolation processor. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass input sanitation controls when handling user-controlled data in error messages.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182240 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) |
| Liberty for Java | 3.49 |
Remediation/Fixes
To upgrade to Liberty for Java v3.51-20201113-1351 or higher, you must re-stage or re-push your application
To find the current version of Liberty for Java in IBM Cloud being used, from the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following commands:
cf ssh <appname> -c "cat staging_info.yml"
Look for the following lines:
{“detected_buildpack”:“Liberty for Java(TM) (WAR, liberty-20.0.0_9, buildpack-v3.49-20200918-0244, ibmjdk-1.8.0_sr6fp15-20200724, env)“,”start_command”:“.liberty/initial_startup.rb”}
To re-stage your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:
cf restage <appname>
To re-push your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:
cf push <appname>
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
09 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:
07 October 2022
Initial Publish date:
09 December 2020
UID
ibm16380400