Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerabilities in Open Source Python affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1060
DESCRIPTION: Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by catastrophic backtracking in the pop3lib''s apop() method. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145116 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2018-1061
DESCRIPTION: Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by catastrophic backtracking in the difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145115 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
TADDM 7.3.0.0 - 7.3.0.5
Remediation/Fixes
There are eFixes prepared on top of the latest released FixPack for each stream. Note that the eFix for 7.3.0.5 has also been tested to work correctly on 7.3.0.3 and 7.3.0.4 in lab.
| Fix | VRMF | APAR | How to acquire fix |
|
efix_TADDM7305_jython21_253_FP5180802.zip |
7.3.0.5 | None | Download eFix |
Please get familiar with eFix readme in etc/<efix_name>_readme.txt
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
6 Nov 2018 Original version published
26 Mar 2019: eFix links corrected
10 Oct 2019: eFix links Updated
*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.
Disclaimer
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Product Synonym
TADDM
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Document Information
Modified date:
20 May 2020
UID
ibm10738359