Security Bulletin
Summary
The IBM Cloud Platform Common Services (Events Operator) is potentially vulnerable to a data integrity issue
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 Events Operator | 0.20.0 (part of IBM Cloud Pak foundational services 3.6.x) |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade IBM Cloud Pak foundational services to the latest 3.7.x (Continuous Delivery) or 3.6.x (Extended Update Support) release following the steps provided in the IBM Documentation.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
16 Feb 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:
27 February 2023
Initial Publish date:
16 February 2021
UID
ibm16450757