Security Bulletin
Summary
Multi-Cloud Data Encryption (MDE) has addressed the following vulnerability: Using components with known vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-5637
DESCRIPTION: Apache Zookeeper is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of the wchp command. By sending a specially-crafted wchp command, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121602 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)
Affected Products and Versions
Affected Multi-Cloud Data Encryption (MDE) | Affected Versions |
| IBM Multi-Cloud Data Encryption | 2.1 - 2.1.0.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation / First Fix |
| IBM Multi-Cloud Data Encryption | 2.2.0.0 | N/A | IBM Multi-Cloud Data Encryption V2.2.0.0 Multiplatform English (CJ3LPEN) via Passport Advantage: https://www-01.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/pao_customer.html |
Workarounds and Mitigations
Manually upgrade the ZooKeeper component to at least version 3.4.10.
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References
Acknowledgement
IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team: Warren Moynihan, Jonathan Fitz-Gerald, John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Dmitriy Beryoza
Change History
12 June 2018: 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:
17 June 2018
UID
swg22016157