Security Bulletin: IBM Network Performance Insight 1.3.1 affected by Apache Cassandra vulnerability (CVE-2020-13946)

Summary

IBM Network Performance Insight 1.3.1 affected by Apache Cassandra vulnerability CVE-2020-13946

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-13946
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Cassandra is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by a RMI rebind vulnerability. By manipulating the RMI registry, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and obtain user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/187592 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

NPI 1.3.1 is affected with the vulnerability CVE-2020-13946 and it is resolved in the fix pack ( 1.3.1.1-TIV-NPI-IF0003.1.tgz) available at the fix central at following link.

Fix File Name: 1.3.1.1-TIV-NPI-IF0003.1.tgz
Fix available at fix central:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FNetwork+Performance+Insight&fixids=1.3.1.1-TIV-NPI-IF0003.1&source=SAR

Workarounds and Mitigations

None