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Security Bulletin: IBM Network Performance Insight 1.3.1 affected by Apache Cassandra vulnerability (CVE-2020-13946)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Network Performance Insight 1.3.1 affected by Apache Cassandra vulnerability CVE-2020-13946

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-13946
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Cassandra is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by a RMI rebind vulnerability. By manipulating the RMI registry, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and obtain user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187592 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Network Performance Insight1.3.1

Remediation/Fixes

NPI 1.3.1 is affected with the vulnerability CVE-2020-13946 and it is resolved in the fix pack ( 1.3.1.1-TIV-NPI-IF0003.1.tgz) available at the fix central at following link.

Fix File Name: 1.3.1.1-TIV-NPI-IF0003.1.tgz
Fix available at fix central: 
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FNetwork+Performance+Insight&fixids=1.3.1.1-TIV-NPI-IF0003.1&source=SAR


Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

21 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 February 2021

Initial Publish date:
21 January 2021

UID

ibm16410458