Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Open Source Jackson databind used in IBM Cloud Pak System (CVE-2020-8840)

Summary

Vulnerability with unknown impact identified in jackson-databind used in IBM Cloud Pak System Software. IBM Cloud Pak System addressed vulnerability. It applies to IBM Cloud Pak System Software and Service.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8840
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified error with the lack of certain xbean-reflect/JNDI blocking in FasterXML jackson-databind has an unknown impact and attack vector.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176241 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For Cloud Pak System v2.3.0.1, 2.3.1.1

Upgrade to v2.3.2.0

Information on upgrading can be found here: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None