Security Bulletin: IBM Security SOAR is using a component with known vulnerabilities - Apache Commons ( CVE-2021-29425)

2021-07-1418:25:14

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4.8 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

5.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

57.6%

JSON

Summary

The product includes an older version of Apache Commons that may be identified and exploited with a specially-crafted URL request.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-29425
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons IO could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper input validation by the FileNameUtils.normalize method. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/…/) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199852 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
Resilient OnPrem	IBM Security SOAR

Remediation/Fixes

Users must upgrade to v41.0 or higher of IBM Resilient in order to obtain a fix for this vulnerability. You can upgrade the platform and apply the security updates by following the instructions in the “Upgrade Procedure” section in the IBM Documentation