Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Event Streams 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 Event Streams | 2019.2.1 |
|
IBM Event Streams |
2019.4.1 |
|
IBM Event Streams |
2019.4.2 |
|
IBM Event Streams |
2019.4.3 |
|
IBM Event Streams in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration | 10.0.0 |
|
IBM Event Streams in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration | 10.1.0 |
|
IBM Event Streams in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration | 10.2.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 10.3.0 or 10.2.1 by following the upgrading and migrating documentation.
Upgrade from IBM Event Streams 2019.2.1 and 2019.4.x to the latest Fix Pack.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
18 Dec 2020: 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:
04 October 2021
Initial Publish date:
18 December 2020
UID
ibm16461951