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Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by kafka vulnerability CVE-2019-12399

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Event Streams has addressed the following vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-12399
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Kafka could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the Connect REST API. By sending specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information in tasks endpoint.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174387 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Event Streams2019.2.1

IBM Event Streams in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

2019.2.2

IBM Event Streams in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

 

2019.2.3

 

IBM Event Streams

 

2019.4.1

 

IBM Event Streams in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

2019.4.1

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade from IBM Event Streams 2019.2.1 to IBM Event Streams 2019.4.1 by downloading IBM Event Streams 2019.4.1 from IBM Passport Advantage.

Upgrade from IBM Event Streams 2019.4.1 to the latest Fix Pack.

Upgrade IBM Event Streams 2019.2.2, IBM Event Streams 2019.2.3 and IBM Event Streams 2019.4.1 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration by downloading IBM Event Streams 2019.4.2 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration 2020.2.1 from IBM Passport Advantage.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

23 Mar 2020: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
11 June 2020

UID

ibm16226532

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