Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerabilities affect IBM Cloud Private - Apache Commons Compress (CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Security Vulnerabilities affect IBM Cloud Private - Apache Commons Compress

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)
IBM Cloud Private	3.2.1 CD
IBM Cloud Private	3.2.2 CD

Remediation/Fixes

Product defect fixes and security updates are only available for the two most recent Continuous Delivery (CD) update packages

IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1
IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1, apply fix pack:

IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1.2203

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2, apply fix pack:

IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2.2203

For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.0

Upgrade to the latest Continuous Delivery (CD) update package, IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2.
If required, individual product fixes can be made available between CD update packages for resolution of problems. Contact IBM support for assistance

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

22 Apr 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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Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerabilities affect IBM Cloud Private - Apache Commons Compress (CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090)