Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress may affect IBM Cloud App Management V2018

Summary

There is a vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress used by IBM® Cloud App Management V2018. IBM® Cloud App Management has addressed the applicable CVE in a later version.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-11771 DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to return the correct EOF indication after the end of the stream has been reached by the ZipArchiveInputStream method. By reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base Score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148429&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud App Management V2018.2.0
IBM Cloud App Management V2018.4.0
IBM Cloud App Management V2018.4.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Cloud App Management V2018 was updated to use a later version of Apache Commons. Install IBM Cloud App Management V2019.2.0 to address these security vulnerabilities. IBM Cloud App Management V2019.2.0 is available on IBM Passport Advantage.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None