Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Commons IO affects IBM Process Mining (CVE-2021-29425)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in Apache Commons IO that could allow aremote attacker to traverse directories 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-2021-29425
**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

Remediation/Fixes

Remediation/Fixes guidance:

Upgrade to version 1.12.0.4

1.Login to PassPortAdvantage

2. Search for
M05JKML Process Mining 1.12.0.4 Server Multiplatform Multilingual

3. Download package

4. Follow install instructions

5. Repeat for M05JJML Process Mining 1.12.0.4 Client Windows Multilingual

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None known