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Security Bulletin: IBM Network Performance Insight 1.3.1 was affected by CVE-2020-17516 in Apache Cassandra.

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Summary

IBM Network Performance Insight 1.3.1 was affected by CVE-2020-17516 in Apache Cassandra.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-17516
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Cassandra could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by not enforcing encryption setting on inbound internode connections. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass mutual TLS requirement.
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196036 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

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

Remediation/Fixes

To resolve the CVE-2020-17516 IBM Network Performance Insight fix pack 1.3.1.0-TIV-NPI-IF0003.2 updated with upgraded cassandra with version cassandra-3.11.10-1.noarch.rpm 

Fix Pack  (IBM Network Performance Insight fix pack 1.3.1.0-TIV-NPI-IF0003.2) is available to download at following link:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FNetwork+Performance+Insight&fixids=1.3.1.0-TIV-NPI-IF0003.2&source=SAR

Readme file contains upgrade instructions:

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FNetwork+Performance+Insight&fixids=1.3.1.0-TIV-NPI-IF0003.2.README&source=SAR

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

10 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:
06 April 2021

UID

ibm16440475

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