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Security Bulletin: Guava Google Core Libraries Vulnerability Affects IBM Control Center (CVE-2020-8908)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Guava could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a temp directory creation vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-8908
DESCRIPTION:   Guava could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a temp directory creation vulnerability in com.google.common.io.Files.createTempDir(). By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192996 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Control Center6.2.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF

iFix

Remediation

 IBM Control Center

 6.2.0.0

 iFix08

Fix Central - 6.2.0.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

13 May 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:
14 May 2021

UID

ibm16453453