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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in jackson-databind affect IBM Spectrum Symphony

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Summary

Vulnerability exist in the Jackson databind, core, and annotations version used by IBM Spectrum Symphony V7.3.1, V7.3, V7.2.1, and V7.2.0.2. Interim fixes that provide instructions on upgrading the Jackson databind, core, and annotations package to version 2.12.1 (which resolves the vulnerability) are available on IBM Fix Central.

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 Spectrum Symphony7.3.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

ProductsVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3.1P104101sym-7.3.1-build600219
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3P104106sym-7.3-build600222
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.1P104097sym-7.2.1-build600221
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.0.2P104098sym-7.2.0.2-build600220


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 Mar 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:
05 March 2021

UID

ibm16423757

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