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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Liberty affects IBM WIoTP MessageGateway (CVE-2021-29842)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in Liberty that affects IBM WIoTP MessageGateway.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-29842
DESCRIPTION:   IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0 and Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 21.0.0.9 could allow a remote user to enumerate usernames due to a difference of responses from valid and invalid login attempts. IBM X-Force ID: 205202.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205202 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

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)
IBM IoT MessageSight2.0
IBM WIoTP MessageGateway5.0.0.2
IBM IoT MessageSight5.0.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

 

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM WIoTP MessageGateway
5.0.0.2
IT38767
5.0.0.2-IBM-IMA-IFIT38767
IBM MessageSight
5.0.0.0
IT38767
5.0.0.0-IBM-IMA-IFIT38767
IBM MessageSight
2.0.0.2
IT38767
2.0.0.2-IBM-IMA-IFIT38767

 

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

08 Dec 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:
24 December 2021

UID

ibm16527976