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Security Bulletin: IBM DataQuant is vulnerable to CVE-2020-14782

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Summary

IBM DataQuant is vulnerable to CVE-2020-14782, an unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-14782
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190100 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
DataQuant for z/OS2.1

Remediation/Fixes

Please see "Workarounds and Mitigations"

Workarounds and Mitigations

Use the following instructions to download the latest JRE version from the IBM Java download portal and replace it with the JRE you are currently invoking.

Steps to update JRE - DataQuant: 

  1. Close DataQuant.
  2. Download JRE (IBM_DevelopmentPackage_for_Eclipse_Win_X86_32_6.6.15) and extract the files to a temporary location.
  3. Replace jre folder at the install directory location –> “C:\Program Files\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation”. Replace with contents in step above.
  4. Download eclipse oxygen from https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/oxygen/3a/eclipse-jee-oxygen-3a-win32-x86_64.zip
  5. Extract the eclipse oxygen and copy the plugin - org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201501141630.jar from eclipse-jee-oxygen-3a-win32-x86_64\eclipse\plugins
  6. Copy org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201501141630.jar  in the folder where DataQuant is installed - C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\IBM DataQuant\DataQuant for Workstation\plugins
  7. Delete the older plugin org.apache.jasper.glassfish_2.2.2.v201205150955.jar from the DataQuant install directory



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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

Acknowledgement

Change History

02 Apr 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

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 April 2021

UID

ibm16439975

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