Security Bulletin
Summary
Apache Parquet is used by its spark component in IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring in support of the predictive insights function. This vulnerability is limited to a malicous insider with access to the spark component.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-41561
DESCRIPTION: Apache Parquet-MR is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted Parquet file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215733 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)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring | 2.0 - 2.3 Fix Pack 4 |
Remediation/Fixes
To address the vulnerability, IBM strongly recommends you to upgrade IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management to 2.3 Fix Pack 5. For upgrading instructions, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-management/2.3.x?topic=installation-upgrade.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
18 Jul 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:
21 July 2022
Initial Publish date:
18 July 2022
UID
ibm16606303