Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is affected by a vulnerability in Apache Commons IO

2021-07-0819:42:34

www.ibm.com

ibm infosphere information server

apache commons io

vulnerability

directory traversal

cvss

infosphere information server 11.7

jr63574

red hat 8

technical support

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

57.2%

JSON

Summary

A vulnerability in Apache Commons IO that is used by IBM InfoSphere Information Server was addressed.

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)
InfoSphere Information Server	11.7

Remediation/Fixes

Product	VRMF	APAR	Remediation/First Fix
InfoSphere Information Server, Information Server on Cloud	11.7	JR63574	--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.0
--Apply IBM InfoSphere Information Server version 11.7.1.1
--Apply IBM Information Server version 11.7.1.1 Service Pack 2

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