Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in jackson-databind affects IBM watsonx.data

Summary

FasterXML jackson-databind could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system and could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. This can affect watsonx.data. This can affect IBM watsonx.data

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-12384
**DESCRIPTION:**FasterXML jackson-databind could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the failure to block the logback-core class from polymorphic deserialization. By sending a specially-crafted JSON message, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162849 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2019-12814
**DESCRIPTION:**FasterXML jackson-databind could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a polymorphic typing issue. By sending a specially-crafted JSON message, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary local files on the server.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162875 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

The product needs to be installed or upgraded to the latest available level watsonx.data 2.0.2 or watsonx.data on CPD 5.0.2. Installation/upgrade instructions can be found here: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/watsonxdata/2.0.x?topic=deployment-installing&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None