Security Bulletin: Potential spoofing attack in Liberty for Java (CVE-2020-4421)

Summary

IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty using openidConnectServer feature could allow spoofing identity by an authenticated user. This has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4421
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Liberty 19.0.0.5 through 20.0.0.4 could allow an authenticated user using openidconnect to spoof another users identify. IBM X-Force ID: 180084.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180084 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

To upgrade to Liberty for Java 3.45-20200601-1056 or higher, you must re-stage or re-push your application

To find the current version of Liberty for Java in IBM Cloud being used, from the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following commands:

cf ssh <appname> -c cat “staging_info.yml”

Look for the following lines:

{“detected_buildpack”:“Liberty for Java™ (WAR, liberty-19.0.0_9, buildpack-v3.44-20200430-1451, ibmjdk-1.8.0_sr5fp41-20190919, env)”,“start_command”:“.liberty/initial_startup.rb”}

To re-stage your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:

cf restage <appname>

To re-push your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:

cf push <appname>

Workarounds and Mitigations

None