Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Ruby on Rails affect IBM License Metric Tool v9.

Summary

Vulnerabilities discovered in Ruby on Rails component affect IBM License Metric Tool v9.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8184
**DESCRIPTION:**Rack could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the lack of validation/integrity check security for cookies. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to forge a secure or host-only cookie prefix.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183747 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)

CVEID:CVE-2020-7663
**DESCRIPTION:**Faye websocket-extensions ruby module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation by the Sec-WebSocket-Extensions header. By using a specially-crafted value in the Sec-WebSocket-Extensions header, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183200 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

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to version 9.2.21 or later using the following procedure:

In BigFix console, expand IBM License Reporting (ILMT) node under Sites node in the tree panel.
Click Fixlets and Tasks node. Fixlets and Tasks panel will be displayed on the right.
In the Fixlets and Tasks panel locate Upgrade to the latest version of IBM License Metric Tool 9.x fixlet and run it against the computer that hosts your server.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None