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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2021.0072
Security Bulletin: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Quarterly CPU - Oct
2020 - Includes Oracle Oct 2020 CPU minus CVE-2020-14782
affects Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud
7 January 2021
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Liberty for Java
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Impact/Access: Modify Arbitrary Files -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2020-14798 CVE-2020-14797 CVE-2020-14796
CVE-2020-14792 CVE-2020-14782 CVE-2020-14781
CVE-2020-14779
Reference: ESB-2020.4526
ESB-2020.4454
ESB-2020.4389
Original Bulletin:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6398384
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IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Quarterly CPU - Oct 2020 - Includes Oracle Oct
2020 CPU minus CVE-2020-14782 affects Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud
Document Information
Document number : 6398384
Modified date : 06 January 2021
Product : Liberty for Java
Software version : All
Operating system(s): Linux
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect Liberty for Java October 2020
CPU.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-14792
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Hotspot
component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause low confidentiality
impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
190110 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2020-14797
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries
component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality
impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
190115 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2020-14781
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JNDI
component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive
information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack
vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
190099 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2020-14779
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the
Serialization component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a
denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack
vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
190097 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2020-14798
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries
component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality
impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
190116 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2020-14796
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries
component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive
information resulting in a low confidentiality impact using unknown attack
vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
190114 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
+--------------------+----------+
|Affected Product(s) |Version(s)|
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|Liberty for Java |3.51 |
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Remediation/Fixes
To upgrade to Liberty for Java v3.52-20201210-1626 or higher, you must re-stage
or re-push your application
To find the current version of Liberty for Java in IBM Cloud being used, from
the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following commands:
cf ssh <appname> -c cat "staging_info.yml"
Look for the following lines:
{"detected_buildpack":"Liberty for Java(TM) (WAR, liberty-20.0.0_12,
buildpack-v3.51-20201113-1351, ibmjdk-1.8.0_sr6fp16-20200902, env)
","start_command":".liberty/initial_startup.rb"}
To re-stage your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use
the following command:
cf restage <appname>
To re-push your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use
the following command:
cf push <appname>
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins
References
Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3
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Change History
06 Jan 2021: Initial Publication
Document Location
Worldwide
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