Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Security is potentially vulnerable to sensitive information exposure (CVE-2020-4816)

Summary

IBM Cloud Pak for Security 1.4.0.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. This has been addressed in an update.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4816
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189703 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to CP4S 1.5.0.0 or greater at <https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/content/ibm-cp-security-b25bd169-0fbd-4cf3-a8ea-0067316158a4-global&gt; or following <https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSTDPP_1.5.0/platform/docs/security-pak/upgrading.html&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None