Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerabilities in Node.js and the c-ares library were disclosed on July 11 2017 by the Node.js Foundation. IBM SDK for Node.js has addressed the applicable CVEs.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-11499
DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw related to constant HashTable seeds. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to flood the hash and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/129465 for more information
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-2017-1000381
DESCRIPTION: c-ares could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the ares_parse_naptr_reply() function when parsing NAPTR responses. By sending specially crafted DNS response packet, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128625 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v4.8.3 and earlier releases.
These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v6.11.0.0 and earlier releases.
These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v8.1.2.0 and earlier releases.
Remediation/Fixes
The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v4.8.4.0 and subsequent releases.
The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v6.11.1.0 and subsequent releases.
The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v8.1.4.0 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
Change History
July 28 2017: 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 Information
Modified date:
08 August 2018
UID
swg22006298