Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability affects IBM Cloud Private Cloud Foundry (CVE-2018-1265)

Summary

IBM Cloud Private Cloud Foundry is vulnerable to a security vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1265 DESCRIPTION: Cloud Foundry diego-release and cf-deployment could allow a remote authenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files, caused by the improper validation of file paths in tar and zip files headers. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload a malicious buildpack, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144590&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud Private Cloud Foundry 2.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

For the 2.1.0.x releases, upgrade to version 3.1.0

• You can obtain IBM Cloud Private Cloud Foundry 3.1.0 from IBM Passport Advantage

Workarounds and Mitigations

None