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Security Bulletin: Current Releases of IBM® SDK for Node.js™ are affected by CVE-2016-2515 and CVE-2016-2537

Created by Paul Cheeseman on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/543037
543037

Security Bulletin


Summary

Two denial of service vulnerabilities in modules used by the npm package management tool

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-2515
DESCRIPTION: Node.js hawk is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the regular expression implementation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an overly long header or URI to cause the application to hang.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110819 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:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-2537
DESCRIPTION: Node.js is-my-json-valid is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the regular expression implementation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a regular expression to block the event loop and cause the application to hang.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110870 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:L)



The hawk and is-my-json-valid modules included in IBM SDK for Node.js are bundled dependencies of the Node Package Manager (npm). These module instances are not normally exposed to end users of IBM SDK for Node.js.

Affected Products and Versions

These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.0.20 and previous releases.
These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v1.2.0.9 and previous releases.
These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v4.3.2.0 and previous releases.

Remediation/Fixes

The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.1.0 and subsequent releases.
The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v1.2.0.10 and subsequent releases.
The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v4.4.0.0 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 0.10.44
Node.js 0.12.12
Node.js 4.4.0

Change History

April 14 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

swg21977578

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