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Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090)

Description

## Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in the Apache Commons Compress library that is used by WebSphere Application Server Liberty. This has been addressed. ## Vulnerability Details ** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-35517](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-35517>) ** DESCRIPTION: **Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocating large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' tar package. CVSS Base score: 5.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307>) for the current score. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) ** CVEID: **[CVE-2021-36090](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-36090>) ** DESCRIPTION: **Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when large amounts of memory are allocated. By reading a specially-crafted ZIP archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' zip package. CVSS Base score: 7.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See: [ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205310](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205310>) for the current score. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) ## Affected Products and Versions Affected Product(s)| Version(s) ---|--- Log Analysis| 1.3.5.3 Log Analysis| 1.3.6.0 Log Analysis| 1.3.6.1 Log Analysis| 1.3.7.0 Log Analysis| 1.3.7.1 ## Remediation/Fixes Principal Product and Version(s)| Fix details ---|--- IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis version 1.3.5.3, 1.3.6.0, 1.3.6.1, 1.3.7.0 and 1.3.7.1| 1\. For Log Analysis 1.3.5.3 to 1.3.7.0, upgrade the liberty version to [WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.6](<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6452823> "WebSphere Application Server Liberty 21.0.0.6" ) (use wlp-core-all-21.0.0.6.jar) by following these [steps](<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6498029> "steps" ). 2\. Apply [interim fix](<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6489503> "interim fix" ) (use 21006-wlp-archive-IFPH39418) for the vulnerabilities using this [step](<https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/websphere/appserv/wlparchive/support/fixes/PH39418/21.0.0.6/readme.txt> "step" ). Ref.: Security Bulletin: [Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apache Commons Compress affect WebSphere Application Server Liberty](<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6489683> "Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apache Commons Compress affect WebSphere Application Server Liberty" ) (CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090) ## Workarounds and Mitigations None ##


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
ibm smartcloud analytics 1.3.5.3
ibm smartcloud analytics 1.3.6.0
ibm smartcloud analytics 1.3.6.1
ibm smartcloud analytics 1.3.7.0
ibm smartcloud analytics 1.3.7.1

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