Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in FasterXML Jackson libraries affect IBM Cúram Social Program Management (CVE-2020-25649)

Summary

IBM Cúram Social Program Management uses the FasterXML Jackson libraries, for which there is a publicly known vulnerability. For this vulnerability FasterXML Jackson Databind could provide weaker than expected security, caused by not having entity expansion secured properly.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-25649
**DESCRIPTION:**FasterXML Jackson Databind could provide weaker than expected security, caused by not having entity expansion secured properly. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch XML external entity (XXE) attacks to have impact over data integrity.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192648 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

7.0.11

| Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 7.0.11_iFix2 or a subsequent 7.0.11 release.
Cúram SPM|

7.0.9

| Visit IBM Fix Central and upgrade to 7.0.9.0_iFix7 or a subsequent 7.0.4 release.

Workarounds and Mitigations

For information about all other versions, contact IBM Cúram Social Program Management customer support.