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Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Private is vulnerable to MongoDB vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-7926, CVE-2020-7925, CVE-2020-7928)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Cloud Private is vulnerable to MongoDB vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-7926
DESCRIPTION:   MongoDB Server is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending specially-crafted queries, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192276 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-7925
DESCRIPTION:   MongoDB Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by incorrect validation of user-supplied input in the role name parser. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192278 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-7928
DESCRIPTION:   MongoDB Server could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information. By issuing a specially crafted query that violates an invariant in the server selection subsystem, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192277 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Cloud Private3.2.1 CD
IBM Cloud Private3.2.2 CD

Remediation/Fixes

Product defect fixes and security updates are only available for the two most recent Continuous Delivery (CD) update packages
  • IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1
  • IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2
For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1, apply fix pack:
For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2, apply fix pack:


For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.0:

  • Upgrade to the latest Continuous Delivery (CD) update package, IBM Cloud Private 3.2.2. 
  • If required, individual product fixes can be made available between CD update packages for resolution of problems. Contact IBM support for assistance

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

26 Feb 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
26 February 2021

UID

ibm16417497

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