Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Apache HttpClient and Eclipse Jetty Affect IBM Control Center (CVE-2020-13956, CVE-2020-27218)

Summary

Apache HttpClient could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of malformed authority component in request. Eclipse Jetty could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw when GZIP request body inflation is enabled.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-13956
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache HttpClient could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of malformed authority component in request URIs. By passing request URIs to the library as java.net.URI object, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to pick the wrong target host for request execution.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189572 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-27218
**DESCRIPTION:**Eclipse Jetty could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw when GZIP request body inflation is enabled. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject data into the body of the subsequent request.
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192459 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

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VRMF

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iFix

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Remediation

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IBM Control Center

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6.2.0.0

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iFix08

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Fix Central - 6.2.0.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None