Security Bulletin: Apache CXF vulnerability identified in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2020-1954)

Summary

This security bulletin addresses the vulnerability in Open Source Apache CXF that affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager.

Vulnerability Details

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

Note: Before TADDM 7.3.0.5, Java 7 was used and this CXF fix is applicable to Java8. Hence, no eFix can be provided for versions before 7.3.0.5

Workarounds and Mitigations

For customers on TADDM FixPack 3 or FixPack 4, recommendation is to upgrade to the latest version and then apply the efix directly.