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Security Bulletin: IBM DataPower Gateway is affected by Denial of Service vulnerabilities

Created by John Wray on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1078539
1078539

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM DataPower Gateway has addressed the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2019-9513
CVE-2019-9511

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-9513
DESCRIPTION: Multiple vendors are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a Resource Loop attack. By creating multiple request streams and continually shuffling the priority of the streams, a remote attacker could consume excessive CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164639 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-2019-9511
DESCRIPTION: Multiple vendors are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a Data Dribble attack. By sending a HTTP/2 request by the HTTP/2 protocol stack (HTTP.sys) for an overly large amount of data from a specified resource over multiple streams, a remote attacker could consume excessive CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/164638 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

Affected IBM DataPower Gateway Affected Versions
IBM DataPower Gateway 2018.4.1.0-2018.4.1.7
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.6.0.0-7.6.0.16

Remediation/Fixes

Product VRMF APAR Remediation / First Fix
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.6.0.17 IT30266 Install the fixpack
IBM DataPower Gateway 2018.4.1.8 IT30266 Install the fixpack

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

6 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:
08 June 2021

UID

ibm11078539