Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090)

Security Bulletin

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in the Apache Commons Compress library that is used by WebSphere Application Server Liberty. This has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

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-2021-36090
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)
Log Analysis	1.3.5.3
Log Analysis	1.3.6.0
Log Analysis	1.3.6.1
Log Analysis	1.3.7.0
Log Analysis	1.3.7.1

Remediation/Fixes

Principal Product and Version(s)	Fix details
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis version 1.3.5.3, 1.3.6.0, 1.3.6.1, 1.3.7.0 and 1.3.7.1	1. For Log Analysis 1.3.5.3 to 1.3.7.0, upgrade the liberty version to WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.6 (use wlp-core-all-21.0.0.6.jar) by following these steps. 2. Apply interim fix (use 21006-wlp-archive-IFPH39418) for the vulnerabilities using this step. Ref.: Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apache Commons Compress affect WebSphere Application Server Liberty (CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

20 Oct 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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Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090)