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Security Bulletin: Version 10.16.3 of Node.js included in IBM Cloud Event Management 2.5.0 has several security vulnerabilities.

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Summary

Security Bulletin: Version 10.16.3 of Node.js included in IBM Cloud Event Management 2.5.0 has several security vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-15605
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by a flaw when handling unusual Transfer-Encoding HTTP header. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175913 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2019-15606
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an issue when HTTP header values do not have trailing OWS trimmed. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authorization based on header value comparisons.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175914 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
IBM Cloud Event Management on IBM Cloud Private All

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Cloud Event Management on IBM Cloud Private Version 2.6.0 includes the Node.js fix for this vulnerability.  Please see IBM Support for IBM Cloud Event Management on IBM Cloud Private: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10732317

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

10 Apr 2020: Initial Publication

*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

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 April 2020

Initial Publish date:
10 April 2020

UID

ibm16189561

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