Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Open Source Python affects IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2020-26116)

Summary

A Vulnerability in Open Source Python affects IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2020-26116)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-26116
**DESCRIPTION:**Python is vulnerable to CRLF injection, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input in http.client. By inserting CR and LF control characters in the first argument of HTTPConnection.request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189404 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Fix |

VRMF

| APAR |How to acquire fix
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efix_jython21_253_CVE-2020-26116_FP7200218.zip |

7.3.0.3 - 7.3.0.8

| None | Download eFix

Workarounds and Mitigations

The above eFixe(s) for the respective FixPack(s) can be downloaded and applied directly.