Security Bulletin
Summary
A denial of service vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-12402
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the internal file name encoding algorithm. By choosing the file names inside of a specially crafted archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165956 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Spectrum Protect Plus | 10.1.0-10.1.5 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Spectrum Protect Plus Release | First Fixing VRM Level | Platform | Link to Fix |
| 10.1 | 10.1.5 patch1 | Linux | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm11072392 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
21 February 2020: 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:
21 February 2020
UID
ibm13176943