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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Ant affects IBM Spectrum Symphony

Security Bulletin


Summary

These interim fixes provide instructions on upgrading Apache Ant to 1.10.9 in IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2, IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.1, IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3, and IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3.1 in order to address security vulnerability CVE-2020-11979 in Apache Ant.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-11979
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Ant could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an insecure temporary file flaw. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject modified source files into the build process.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189164 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.0.2
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.1
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3.1

Remediation/Fixes

ProductsVRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.0.2P104029sym-7.2.0.2-build600108
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.2.1P104031sym-7.2.1-build600110
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3P104032sym-7.3-build600111
IBM Spectrum Symphony7.3.1P104033sym-7.3.1-build600112

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

19 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
18 January 2021

UID

ibm16405892

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