Security Bulletin: Aspera on Cloud CVE-2020-8184

Summary

A reliance on cookies without validation/integrity check security vulnerability exists in rack < 2.2.3, rack < 2.1.4 that makes it is possible for an attacker to forge a secure or host-only cookie prefix. Prior to discovery of this vulnerability, Aspera on Cloud used rack gem V2.2.2. Once the vulnerability was identified the version of rack gem used was upgraded to V2.2.3, which does not contain this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8184
**DESCRIPTION:**Rack could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the lack of validation/integrity check security for cookies. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to forge a secure or host-only cookie prefix.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183747 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Aspera on Cloud was upgraded to use rack gem V2.2.3 on 07/18/2020. No action by the customer is required.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None