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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress affects IBM Process Mining . CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-35516 + CVE-2021-35517

Description

## Summary There is a vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute denial of service on the system. The code is used by IBM Process Mining. This bulletin identifies the security fixes to apply to address the vulnerability. ## Vulnerability Details ** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-35515](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-35515>) ** DESCRIPTION: **Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw in the construction of the list of codecs that decompress an entry. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted 7Z archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' sevenz package. CVSS Base score: 5.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205304](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205304>) for the current score. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) ** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-35516](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-35516>) ** DESCRIPTION: **Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when large amounts of memory are allocated. By reading a specially-crafted 7Z archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' sevenz package. CVSS Base score: 7.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205306](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205306>) 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-2021-35517](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-35517>) ** DESCRIPTION: **Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocating large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' tar package. CVSS Base score: 5.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307>) for the current score. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) ## Affected Products and Versions Affected Product(s)| Version(s) ---|--- IBM Process Mining| 1.13.2, 1.13.1, 1.13.0, 1.12.0.5, 1.12.0.4, 1.12.0.3, 1.12.0.2, 1.12.0.1, 1.12.0.0 ## Remediation/Fixes **Remediation/Fixes guidance**: **Product(s)**| **Version(s) number and/or range **| **Remediation/Fix/Instructions** ---|---|--- IBM Process Mining| 1.13.2, 1.13.1, 1.13.0, 1.12.0.5, 1.12.0.4, 1.12.0.3, 1.12.0.2, 1.12.0.1, 1.12.0.0 | **Upgrade to version 1.14.0.0** 1.Login to [PassPortAdvantage](<https://www-112.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/homepage/paocustomer> "PassPortAdvantage" ) 2\. Search for **M0BMPML** Process Mining 1.14.0.0 Server Multiplatform Multilingual 3\. Download package 4\. Follow install instructions 5\. Repeat for **M0BMQML** Process Mining 1.14.0.0 Client Windows Multilingual | | ## Workarounds and Mitigations **Workarounds/Mitigation guidance**: None known ##


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
ibm cloud pak for automation 1.13.2
ibm cloud pak for automation 1.13.1
ibm cloud pak for automation 1.13.0
ibm cloud pak for automation 1.12.0.5
ibm cloud pak for automation 1.12.0.4
ibm cloud pak for automation 1.12.0.3
ibm cloud pak for automation 1.12.0.2
ibm cloud pak for automation 1.12.0.1
ibm cloud pak for automation 1.12.0.0

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