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Security Bulletin: IBM® SDK for Node.js™ may be affected by CVE-2014-9748

Created by Paul Cheeseman on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/283765
283765

Security Bulletin


Summary

Unsafe use of read/write locks on Windows 2003 and Windows XP in libuv

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-9748
DESCRIPTION: libuv, as used in Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the read/write locks implementation. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to unlock a CRITICAL_SECTION on the wrong thread and cause "undefined behavior", resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114710 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.1.2 and previous releases.
These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v1.2.0.13 and previous releases.

Note that this vulnerability affects users on Windows 2003 and Windows XP only. Use of the IBM SDK for Node.js is not officially supported on either of these platforms.

Remediation/Fixes

The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.1.3 and subsequent releases.
The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v1.2.0.14 and subsequent releases.

IBM SDK for Node.js can be downloaded, subject to the terms of the developerWorks license, from here.

IBM customers requiring an update for an SDK shipped with an IBM product should contact IBM support, and/or refer to the appropriate product security bulletin.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Node.js 0.10.46
Node.js 0.12.15

Change History

July 6 2016: 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 August 2018

UID

swg21986384

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