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Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is affected by a vulnerability in Apache Commons IO

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability in Apache Commons IO that is used by IBM InfoSphere Information Server was addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-29425
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Commons IO could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper input validation by the FileNameUtils.normalize method. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199852 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
InfoSphere Information Server 11.7

Remediation/Fixes

Product VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud 11.7 JR63574 --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0
--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.1
--Apply IBM Information Server version 11.7.1.1 Service Pack 2

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Electronically open a Service Request with Information Server Technical Support.

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

08 Jul 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:
08 July 2021

UID

ibm16468573

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