Security Bulletin
Summary
Netty is a dependency component shipped with the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Transport Module Common Integration Library for Message Bus Integration. Information about the security vulnerability affecting Netty has been published. (CVE-2020-11612)
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-11612
DESCRIPTION: Netty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by unbounded memory allocation while decoding a ZlibEncoded byte stream in the ZlibDecoders. By sending a large ZlibEncoded byte stream, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust memory resources.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180530 for the current score.
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 Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Integration - Transport Module Common Integration Library | common-transportmodule-12_0 up to and including common-transportmodule-24_0 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Integration - Transport Module Common Integration Library | common-transportmodule-25_0 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
21 Aug 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:
21 August 2020
Initial Publish date:
21 August 2020
UID
ibm16256620