Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in jackson-databind affect IBM Platform Symphony and IBM Spectrum Symphony

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Jackson databind, core, and annotations version used by IBM Spectrum Symphony V7.2.1, V7.2.0.2, and V7.1.2, and IBM Platform Symphony V7.1.1 and V7.1 Fix Pack 1. Interim fixes that provide instructions on upgrading the Jackson databind, core, and annotations package to version 2.9.10 (which resolves these vulnerabilities) are available on IBM Fix Central.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: 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: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162875&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID:CVE-2019-14439
Description: FasterXML jackson-databind could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a polymorphic typing issue when Default Typing is enabled. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164744&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14379 Description: FasterXML jackson-databind could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a flaw in the SubTypeValidator.java. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165286&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVE-ID:CVE-2019-16335
**Description:*FasterXML jackson-databind could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a polymorphic typing issue in com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/167205&gt; for more information
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.1, 7.2.0.2, and 7.1.2

IBM Platform Symphony 7.1.1 and 7.1 Fix Pack 1

Remediation/Fixes

Download the interim fixes that correspond to your product version from IBM Fix Central, then follow the steps in the accompanying readme to apply the interim fix on Linux x86_64 hosts in your cluster:

sym-7.1.1-build531752

IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 | sym-7.1-build531748

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.