Security Bulletin: IBM Analyst's Notebook Premium uses a component with known vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-16013, CVE-2020-16009, CVE-2020-15999)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium uses a browser component version with known vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-16013
DESCRIPTION: Google Chrome could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by inappropriate implementation in V8. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191522 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2020-16009
DESCRIPTION: Google Chrome could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by inappropriate implementation in V8. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190998 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2020-15999
DESCRIPTION: Google Chrome is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by Freetype. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190226 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium	IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium 9.2.0
IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium	All
IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium	IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium 9.2.2
IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium	IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Premium 9.2.1

Remediation/Fixes

Please visit your IBM customer portal to pick up the latest continuous delivery package containing a newer version of the Chromium plugin fixing the referenced issues.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Acknowledgement

John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Nathan Roane, Vince Dragnea, Troy Fisher, Gabor Minyo and Elaheh Samani from IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team.

Change History

21 Jul 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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Security Bulletin: IBM Analyst's Notebook Premium uses a component with known vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-16013, CVE-2020-16009, CVE-2020-15999)