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Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerabilities affect IBM Cloud Private - Go (CVE-2019-9512, CVE-2019-9514)

Created by Cynthia Glass on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1074732
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Security Bulletin


Summary

Security Vulnerabilities affect IBM Cloud Private - Go

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-9514
DESCRIPTION: Multiple vendors are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a Reset Flood attack. By opening a number of streams and sending an invalid request over each stream, a remote attacker could consume excessive CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164640 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-9512
DESCRIPTION: Multiple vendors are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a Ping Flood attack. By sending continual pings to an HTTP/2 peer, a remote attacker could consume excessive CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164903 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product defect fixes and security updates are only available for the two most recent Continuous Delivery (CD) update packages

  • IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1
  • IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0
 
For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.0, apply October fix pack:
For IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1, apply October fix pack:
For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2:
  • Upgrade to the latest Continuous Delivery (CD) update package, IBM Cloud Private 3.2.1. 
  • If required, individual product fixes can be made available between CD update packages for resolution of problems. Contact IBM support for assistance

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

23 November 2019 - Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 November 2019

UID

ibm11074732