Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox affect IBM Cloud App Management

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox used by IBM® Cloud App Management. IBM Cloud App Management has addressed the applicable CVEs in a later version.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-6796
**DESCRIPTION:**Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write on shared memory read in the parent process. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176073 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)

CVEID:CVE-2020-6800
**DESCRIPTION:**Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by memory safety bugs within the browser engine. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176072 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)

CVEID:CVE-2020-6798
**DESCRIPTION:**Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by incorrect parsing of template tag. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176075 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Cloud App Management was updated to use a later version of Mozilla Firefox. Install or upgrade to IBM Cloud App Management 2020.1.0 or later to address these security vulnerabilities. Later versions of IBM Cloud App Management are available on IBM Passport Advantage.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None