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Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by jackson-databind vulnerability CVE-2019-12086

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/888069
888069

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Event Streams has addressed the following vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-12086
DESCRIPTION: FasterXML jackson-databind could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a Polymorphic Typing issue that occurs due to missing com.mysql.cj.jdbc.admin.MiniAdmin validation. By sending a specially-crafted JSON message, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary local files on the server.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161256 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Event Streams 2018.3.0
IBM Event Streams 2018.3.1
IBM Event Streams 2019.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 2019.2.1 which is available from Passport Advantage.

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References

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Change History

Initial version: June 2019

*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:
09 July 2019

UID

ibm10888069