Security Bulletin
Summary
A security vulnerability in Node.js braces and netmask module affects IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Managed Service.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1109
DESCRIPTION: Node.js braces module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw. By using a specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an impact of about 10 seconds matching time for data 50K characters long, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199128 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2021-29418
DESCRIPTION: Node.js netmask module could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper handling of certain unexpected characters in an IP address string. By using a specially-crafted argument using octal literals, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses.
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199130 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Infrastructure Management | All |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 by following the instructions in https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-management/2.3.x?topic=installation-upgrade.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
11 May 2021: 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:
19 May 2021
UID
ibm16454575