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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability in Node.js affects IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Managed Service and Infrastructure Management

Security Bulletin


Summary

A security vulnerability in Node.js affects IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Managed Service and Infrastructure Management

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-8201
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by CR-to-Hyphen conversion. By sending specially crafted HTTP request headers, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188591 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-8252
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the libuv's fs.realpath.native. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188593 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Infrastructure Management2.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Infrastructure Management2.1

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.2 by following the instructions in https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSFC4F_2.2.0/install/upgrade.html.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

14 Dec 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 December 2020

UID

ibm16382372

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