Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Security Guardium Insights has addressed the following vulnerability.
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 Security Guardium Insights | 2.0.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
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Product
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VRMF
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Remediation / First Fix
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| IBM Security Guardium Insights | 2.0.1 | https://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/?mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=pasport%20advantage |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
20 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:
06 October 2021
Initial Publish date:
20 August 2020
UID
ibm16320059