Security Bulletin: Novalink is impacted by Vulnerabilities in Apache Commons Compress affect WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Novalink uses WebSphere Application Server Liberty. There is an Apache Commons Compress affect vulnerability. This has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-35517
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocating large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' tar package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307 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)

CVEID: CVE-2021-36090
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when large amounts of memory are allocated. By reading a specially-crafted ZIP archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' zip package.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205310 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
NovaLink	1.0.0.16
Novalink	2.0.0.0
Novalink	2.0.1
Novalink	2.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

For Novalink 1.0.0.16 update to 1.0.0.16-211129 or later.

For Novalink 2.0.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 or 2.0.2.1 to 2.0.1-211202 or 2.0.2.1-211125 respectively.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

13 Dec 2021: 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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Security Bulletin: Novalink is impacted by Vulnerabilities in Apache Commons Compress affect WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090)