Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability in Apache Ant was addressed by IBM InfoSphere Information Server.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress and Apache Ant are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when using bzip2 compression to compress files. By passing specially-crafted input to the BZip2CompressorOutputStream class, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM InfoSphere Information Server: versions 11.3, 11.5, and 11.7
IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud: versions 11.5, and 11.7
Remediation/Fixes
|
Product |
VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud | 11.7 | JR60963 | --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0 --Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.1.0 Service Pack 1 |
| InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud | 11.5 | --Apply InfoSphere Information Server version 11.5.0.2 --Apply InfoSphere Information Server 11.5.0.2 Service Pack 6 --Apply InfoSphere Information Server Framework Security patch --Apply InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager Security patch --Apply InfoSphere Governance Catalog Security patch --Apply InfoSphere Component Installer Security patch --Apply InfoSphere Common Metadata Services Security patch |
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| InfoSphere Information Server | 11.3 | JR60963 | --Upgrade to a new release where the issue has been addressed |
Contact Technical Support:
In the United States and Canada dial 1-800-IBM-SERV
View the support contacts for other countries outside of the United States.
Electronically open a Service Request with Information Server Technical Support.
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
11 July 2019: Original version published
01 November 2019: Published fix for version 11.5
*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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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
01 November 2019
UID
ibm10887113