Security Bulletin: IBM Security Verify Governance uses components with known vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-22696, CVE-2021-30468, CVE-2020-1954)

Summary

Components with the following Known Vulnerabilities have been upgraded in IBM Security Verify Governance.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-22696
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache CXF is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation of request_uri parameter by the OAuth 2 authorization service. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition on the authorization server.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199335 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)

CVEID:CVE-2021-30468
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache CXF is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw in the JsonMapObjectReaderWriter function. By sending a specially-crafted JSON to a web service, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume available CPU resources.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203830 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)

CVEID:CVE-2020-1954
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache CXF is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by a flaw in JMX Integration. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and gain access to the communication channel between endpoints to obtain sensitive information or further compromise the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178938 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None