Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability allowing Eclipse Jetty to gain elevated privileges was addressed by IBM Sterling Secure Proxy.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-27216
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a race condition in the creation of the temporary subdirectory. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190474 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Secure Proxy | 6.0.0 Through 6.0.1.1 iFix 2 |
| IBM Sterling Secure Proxy | 3.4.3 through 3.4.3.2 iFix 9 |
Remediation/Fixes
|
Product |
VRMF |
iFix |
How to acquire fix |
|
IBM Secure Proxy |
6.0.1.1 |
iFix 3 | |
|
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy |
3.4.3.2 |
iFix 10 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
8 Jan 2021: 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:
08 January 2021
UID
ibm16398772