Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management has applied security fixes for its use of Apache Commons

Summary

IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management has applied security fixes for its use of Apache Commons.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-1953
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Configuration could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an issue when allowing the instantiation of classes (including special statements) by default. By persuading a victim to load a specially-crafted YAML file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/177759 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 Fix Pack 2 by following the instructions at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-management/2.3.x?topic=installation-upgrade&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None