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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons affects Tivoli Netcool Impact (CVE-2021-29425)

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Summary

The Apache Commons library is shipped as a component of Tivoli Netcool/Impact. Information about a security vulnerability affecting Apache Commons has been published in a security bulletin.

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)
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact7.1.0.0 ~ 7.1.0.21

Remediation/Fixes

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.07.1.0.22IJ33241Upgrade to IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact 7.1.0 FP22

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

15 Jun 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:
30 July 2021

Initial Publish date:
15 June 2021

UID

ibm16469957