Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerabilities in Apache Struts affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2021-31805)
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-31805
DESCRIPTION: Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a double evaluation of tag attributes. By forcing OGNL evaluation of specially-crafted data using the %{...} syntax, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223990 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager | 7.3.0.0 -7.3.0.9 |
Remediation/Fixes
In order to fix this vulnerability, please follow the below steps:
For TADDM 7.3.0.7 - 7.3.0.9, please download the below efix and apply it.
| Fix | VRMF | APAR | How to acquire fix |
| efix_struts_2.5.30_FP9211123.zip | 7.3.0.7 - 7.3.0.9 | None | Download eFix |
Please get familiar with eFix readme in etc/<efix_name>_readme.txt
For TADDM 7.3.0.0 - 7.3.0.6, please upgrade TADDM to 7.3.0.7 or above(preferably the latest release 7.3.0.9) and apply the above efix.
Workarounds and Mitigations
The above eFix is applicable can be downloaded and applied directly.
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
01 Jul 2022: Initial Publication
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
18 November 2022
UID
ibm16601653