Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities of Apache HttpClient have affected IBM Jazz Reporting Service

Summary

IBM Jazz Reporting Service is vulnerable to Apache HttpClient vulnerabilities described in220912, CVE-2020-13956. The fix includes httpclient-4.5.jar upgraded to httpclient-4.5.13.jar

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-13956
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache HttpClient could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of malformed authority component in request URIs. By passing request URIs to the library as java.net.URI object, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to pick the wrong target host for request execution.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189572 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

**IBM X-Force ID:**220912
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache HttpComponents Client could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper validation of user requests. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) to view files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220912 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to download the appropriate Interim Fix or Fix Pack from Fix Central and apply for each affected product as soon as possible.
Released a iFix version for Jazz Reporting Service 7.0.2 iFix022: To ensure users could protect themselves from this vulnerability, the upgraded version of httpclient has been released in this ifix.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None