Security Bulletin
Summary
Security Vulnerabilities affect IBM Cloud Pak for Data - Golang (CVE-2020-16845)
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) |
| CP4D | 2.5.0 |
| CP4D | 3.0.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
Patch:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6327429
Users of IBM Cloud Pak for Data V2.5 are advised to:
Apply IBM Cloud Pak for Data V2.5 cpd-2.5.0.0-lite-patch-6
Users of IBM Cloud Pak for Data V3.0.1 are advised to:
Apply IBM Cloud Pak for Data V3.0.1 cpd-3.0.1-lite-patch-6
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
27 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:
28 October 2020
UID
ibm16356553