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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability In Jackson Databind library shipped with IBM Global Mailbox (CVE-2020-25649)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Security vulnerability have been Identified In Jackson Databind library shipped with IBM Global Mailbox

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-25649
DESCRIPTION:   FasterXML Jackson Databind could provide weaker than expected security, caused by not having entity expansion secured properly. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch XML external entity (XXE) attacks to have impact over data integrity.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192648 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Global High Availability Mailbox6.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

Refer to the following security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by Jackson Databind which is shipped with Global Mailbox.

 

Principal Product and Version(s)

Affected Supporting Product and Version

Affected Supporting Product Security Bulletin

Global Mailbox version 6.1.0.1

 

Jackson Databind Library version 2.11.3

CVE-2020-25649

 

 

6.1.0.1 is now available on Fix Central

Here are the Fix Central links.

 

Sterling B2B Integrator

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Sterling+B2B+Integrator&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=6.1.0.1-OtherSoftware-B2Bi-All&includeSupersedes=0

 

Sterling File Gateway

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Sterling+File+Gateway&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=6.1.0.1-OtherSoftware-SFG-All&includeSupersedes=0

 

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

05 Jan 2021: 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
25 January 2021

Initial Publish date:
05 January 2021

UID

ibm16405734

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