Security Bulletin
Summary
A potential vulnerability has been identified related to Apache Commons. Refer to details for additional information.
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) |
| WA for ICP | 1.4.2, 1.5.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to the latest (4.0.0) release of WA for CP4D which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
28 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:
30 July 2021
Initial Publish date:
28 July 2021
UID
ibm16476336