Security Bulletin
Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2020-5235 was found in the nanopb package, which is either built in to or distributed with IBM WMLCE.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-5235
DESCRIPTION: Nanopb is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a out of memory condition. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175958 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM WML Community Edition | 1.6.2 |
| IBM WML Community Edition | 1.7.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
All IBM WMLCE distribution channels have been updated. For those using containers, pulling the image again from its upstream container registry (https://hub.docker.com/r/ibmcom/powerai, https://catalog.redhat.com) will download an updated image with CVEs resolved. All others should update directly from our conda channel via conda update.
For information regarding WMLCE see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS5SF7 .
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
18 May 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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
19 May 2020
Initial Publish date:
18 May 2020
UID
ibm16211979