Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact has addressed the following Apache HttpClient vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-13956
DESCRIPTION: Apache HttpClient could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of malformed authority component in request URIs. By passing request URIs to the library as java.net.URI object, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to pick the wrong target host for request execution.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189572 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 Netcool Impact 7.1.0 | 7.1.0.0 ~ 7.1.0.20 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 | 7.1.0.21 | IJ30144 | IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 FP21 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
18 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:
23 March 2021
Initial Publish date:
18 January 2021
UID
ibm16435175