Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by FasterXML jackson-databind vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-25649, X-Force ID 217968)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Security Guardium has fixed these vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-25649
DESCRIPTION: FasterXML Jackson Databind could provide weaker than expected security, caused by not having entity expansion secured properly. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch XML external entity (XXE) attacks to have impact over data integrity.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192648 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

IBM X-Force ID: 217968
DESCRIPTION: FasterXML jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when using JDK serialization to serialize and deserialize JsonNode values. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217968 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Security Guardium	10.6
IBM Security Guardium	11.0
IBM Security Guardium	11.1
IBM Security Guardium	11.2
IBM Security Guardium	11.3
IBM Security Guardium	11.4
IBM Security Guardium	11.5

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly

Product

Versions

Fix

IBM Security Guardium

10.6

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=10.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p692_Bundle_May-12-2022&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

IBM Security Guardium

11.0

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p45_Bundle_May-03-2022&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

IBM Security Guardium

11.1

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard-11.0p165_Bundle_Sep_01_2022&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

IBM Security Guardium

11.2

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p277_Bundle_Oct-26-2022&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

IBM Security Guardium

11.3

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p385_Bundle_Jun-05-2023&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

IBM Security Guardium

11.4

IBM Security Guardium

11.5

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Security&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=11.0&platform=Linux&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_11.0p525_Bundle_May-18-2023&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Acknowledgement

John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Nathan Roane, Vince Dragnea, Troy Fisher, Gabor Minyo, Geoffrey Owden, and Ben Goodspeed from the IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team.

Change History

18 Apr 2022: Initial Publication
11 May 2022: Second Publication
27 May 2022: Third Publication
20 Sep 2022: Fourth Publication
04 April 2023: Fifth Publication
30 May 2023: Sixth 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: IBM Security Guardium is affected by FasterXML jackson-databind vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-25649, X-Force ID 217968)