Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability in Spring Framework affects IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2020-5421).
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-5421
DESCRIPTION: VMware Tanzu Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation. By using a specially-crafted jsessionid path parameter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass RFD Protection.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188530 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 Application Dependency Discovery Manager | 7.3.0.0 - 7.3.0.8 |
Remediation/Fixes
The eFix in table below is created to be installed on the mentioned FixPack version only, without any previously applied eFixes :
| Fix |
VRMF
| APAR | How to acquire fix |
| efix_spring_CVE-2020-5421_FP8201126.zip |
7.3.0.8
| None | Download eFix |
| efix_spring_CVE-2020-5421_FP7200218.zip |
7.3.0.7
| None | Download eFix |
| efix_spring_CVE-2020-5421_FP6190313.zip |
7.3.0.6
| None | Download eFix |
| efix_spring_CVE-2020_5421_FP5180802.zip |
7.3.0.5
| None | Download eFix |
| efix_spring_CVE-2020-5421_FP420171214.zip |
7.3.0.4
| None | Download eFix |
| efix_spring_CVE-2020-5421_FP320160323.zip |
7.3.0.3
| None | Download eFix |
If there are existing efixes on any of the TADDM version (ls -rlt etc/efix*), please contact IBM Support and open a case for a custom version of the eFix as the efix involves TADDM code changes.
Include the current eFix level (ls -rlt etc/efix*), TADDM version and a link to this bulletin.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
06 Nov 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:
08 April 2022
Initial Publish date:
06 November 2020
UID
ibm16398694