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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Java SE affects IBM Control Center (CVE-2021-2161)

Security Bulletin


Summary

A flaw in the java.lang.ProcessBuilder API on the Windows platform leads to mishandling of escaped quotes inargument strings in certain circumstances. This allows an attacker to manipulate the Process command line andpotentially run unexpected commands.The fix ensures that quotes are handled correctly.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-2161
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200290 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Control Center6.1.3
IBM Control Center6.2.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF

iFix

Remediation

 IBM Control Center

 6.1.3.0

iFix12

Fix Central - 6.1.3.0

 IBM Control Center

 6.2.0.0

iFix10

or later

Fix Central - 6.2.0.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

16 Mar 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:
18 March 2022

Initial Publish date:
16 March 2022

UID

ibm16564749

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