Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in commons-io affects IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0 (CPDS 2.0) [CVE-2021-29425]

Summary

Commons-io package is used by IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0 . IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0 has addressed the applicable CVE [CVE-2021-29425].

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

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to latest version.

Please follow the steps given in release notes to upgrade the system with the above version.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None