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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Open Source Python affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2020-8492)

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Summary

A Vulnerability in Open Source Python affects IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2020-8492)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-8492
DESCRIPTION:   Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175462 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)                           
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.3.0.0 - 7.3.0.7

Remediation/Fixes

Fix                                                     
VRMF                          
APAR How to acquire fix
efix_jython253_CVE-2020-8492_FP7200218.zip
7.3.0.3 - 7.3.0.7
None Download eFix

Workarounds and Mitigations

The above eFixe(s) for the respective FixPack(s) can be downloaded and applied directly.

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Acknowledgement

Change History

23 Oct 2020: 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

More support for:
Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager

Software version:
7.3.0.0 - 7.3.0.7

Operating system(s):
AIX, Linux, Windows

Document number:
6356997

Modified date:
27 April 2021

UID

ibm16356997

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