Security Bulletin: A vulnerability have been identified in Apache Commons IO shipped with IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe for Microsoft Exchange Web Services (CVE-2021-29425)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Apache Commons IO is a dependency component shipped with the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe for Microsoft Exchange Web Services. Information about the security vulnerability affecting Apache Commons IO has been published. (CVE-2021-29425)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-29425
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons IO could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper input validation by the FileNameUtils.normalize method. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199852 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Integration - Probe for Microsoft Exchange Web Services	nco-p-ews-1_0 up to and including nco-p-ews-2_0

Remediation/Fixes

Updated Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Integration - Probe for Microsoft Exchange Web Services	nco-p-ews-3_0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

18 Jun 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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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability have been identified in Apache Commons IO shipped with IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe for Microsoft Exchange Web Services (CVE-2021-29425)