Security Bulletin
Summary
A Vulnerability in Open Source Python affects IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2020-8492)
Vulnerability Details
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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References
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