Security Bulletin
Summary
A security vulnerability in GO affects IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Managed Service.
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) |
| IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management | 2.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.1 by following the instructions in https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSFC4F_2.1.0/install/upgrade.html.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
19 Oct 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:
14 December 2020
UID
ibm16350221