Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Private is vulnerable to an IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty vulnerability (CVE-2019-12402)

Summary

IBM Cloud Private is vulnerable to an IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-12402
**DESCRIPTION:**The file name encoding algorithm used internally in Apache Commons Compress 1.15 to 1.18 can get into an infinite loop when faced with specially crafted inputs. This can lead to a denial of service attack if an attacker can choose the file names inside of an archive created by Compress.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165956 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product defect fixes and security updates are only available for the two most recent Continuous Delivery (CD) update packages

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0
• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0, apply November fix pack:

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0.1911 fix pack

For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1, apply November fix pack:

• IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1.1911 fix pack

For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2:

• Upgrade to the latest Continuous Delivery (CD) update package, IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1.
• If required, individual product fixes can be made available between CD update packages for resolution of problems. Contact IBM support for assistance

Workarounds and Mitigations

None