Security Bulletin
Summary
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container is vulnerable to an infinite read loop that would cause the Operator to become unresponsive.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-16845
DESCRIPTION: Go Language is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary. By sending a specially-crafted input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186375 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| App Connect Enterprise Certified Container | 1.0.0 with Operator |
| App Connect Enterprise Certified Container | 1.0.1 with Operator |
| App Connect Enterprise Certified Container | 1.0.2 with Operator |
| App Connect Enterprise Certified Container | 1.0.3 with Operator |
Remediation/Fixes
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container to Operator version 1.0.4 (available in CASE 1.0.4).
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
21 Sep 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:
28 September 2020
UID
ibm16335231