Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager is vulnerable to a bypass vulnerability due to the use of Python (CVE-2023-24329)

Summary

A publicly disclosed vulnerability in Python affects IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2023-24329)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-24329
**DESCRIPTION:**Python could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the urllib.parse component. By sending a specially-crafted request using URL starts with blank characters, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass blocklisting methods.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247730 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability using the efix below published on FixCentral.

Workarounds and Mitigations

none