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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Netty 4.1.x before 4.1.46 affects IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights (CVE-2020-11612)

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Summary

Netty 4.1.x before 4.1.46 is used by IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights. IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights has addressed the applicable CVE. See Remediation/Fixes section to apply the recommended fixes.

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 Operations Analytics Predictive Insights1.3.6

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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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:
26 August 2020

Initial Publish date:
21 August 2020

UID

ibm16323043