Security Bulletin: Guava Google Core Libraries Vulnerability Affects IBM Control Center (CVE-2020-8908)

Summary

Guava could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a temp directory creation vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8908
**DESCRIPTION:**Guava could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a temp directory creation vulnerability in com.google.common.io.Files.createTempDir(). By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192996 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product |

VRMF

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iFix

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Remediation

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IBM Control Center

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6.2.0.0

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iFix08

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Fix Central - 6.2.0.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None