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Security Bulletin: Apache commons-compress security vulnerabilities in IBM Content Manager

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Summary

Apache commons-compress security vulnerabilities in IBM Content Navigator (ICN) toolkit affecting Administration Console for Content Platform Engine (ACCE)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35516
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when large amounts of memory are allocated. By reading a specially-crafted 7Z archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' sevenz package.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205306 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35517
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocating large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' tar package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35515
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw in the construction of the list of codecs that decompress an entry. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted 7Z archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' sevenz package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205304 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-36090
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when large amounts of memory are allocated. By reading a specially-crafted ZIP archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' zip package.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205310 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
FileNet Content Manager5.5.4
FileNet Content Manager5.5.6
FileNet Content Manager5.5.7

Remediation/Fixes

To resolve these vulnerabilities, install one of the patch sets listed below to upgrade to Resolved by Apache commons-compress.jar v1.21 or higher.

ProductVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
FileNet Content Manager
5.5.4
5.5.6

5.5.7
PJ46648
PJ46648
PJ46648
PJ46648
5.5.4.0-P8CPE-IF006 - 10/7/2021
5.5.6.0-P8CPE-ALL-LA014 - 11/19/2021
5.5.6.0-P8CPE-IF003 - 1/14/2022
5.5.7.0-P8CPE-IF001 - 9/17/2021


In the above table, the APAR links will provide more information about the fix.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Acknowledgement

Change History

14 January 2022: 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 January 2022

Initial Publish date:
14 January 2022

UID

ibm16498123