Security Bulletin: Vulnerability found in velocity-1.7.jar which is shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center [CVE-2020-13936]

Summary

Vulnerability have been identified in velocity-1.7.jar which is shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center. Information about this vulnerability affecting IBM® Intelligent Operations Center have been published and addressed the applicable CVEs. [CVE-2020-13936]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-13936
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Velocity could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a sandbox bypass flaw. By modifying the Velocity templates, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197993 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply an interim fix that contains the fix for this issue as soon as practical.

Download the IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.4 is an upgrade to IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.3 through IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2 from the following link:

IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.4

Installation instructions for the fix are included in the readme document that is in the fix package.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None