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Security Bulletin:Security Bulletin: IBM Content Navigator is affected by a vulnerability in Apache HttpClient ( CVE-2020-13956)

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Summary

IBM Content Navigator has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-13956
DESCRIPTION:   Apache HttpClient could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of malformed authority component in request URIs. By passing request URIs to the library as java.net.URI object, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to pick the wrong target host for request execution.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189572 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

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Content Navigator3.0CD

Remediation/Fixes

ProductVMRFRemediation / First Fix
IBM Content Navigator      3.0 Continuous DeliveryICN 3.0.7 iFix 7, 3.0.8 iFix 3, 3.0.9

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

9 Nov 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:
09 November 2020

UID

ibm16365331