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Security Bulletin: IBM Integration Bus & IBM App Connect Enterprise V11 are affected by vulnerabilities in Node.js (CVE-2021-22884, CVE-2021-22883)

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Summary

IBM Integration Bus & IBM App Connect Enterprise V11 ship with Node.js for which vulnerabilities were reported and have been addressed. Vulnerability details are listed below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-22884
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when the allowlist includes "localhost6". By controlling the victim's DNS server or spoofing its responses, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the DNS rebinding protection mechanism using the "localhost6" domain and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197191 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-22883
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a file descriptor leak. By making multiple attempts to connect with an 'unknownProtocol', an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to lead to an excessive memory usage and cause the system to run out of memory.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197190 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

IBM Integration Bus V10.0.0 - V10.0.0.23 (Linux x86-64 and Windows x86-64 only)

IBM App connect Enterprise V11 , V11.0.0.0 - V11.0.0.12


Remediation/Fixes

Product
VRMF
APAR
Remediation / Fix
IBM App Connect EnterpriseV11.0.0.0-V11.0.0.12IT36998
The APAR is available in fix pack 11.0.0.13
IBM Integration Bus V10.0.0.0 - V10.0.0.23IT36322
Interim fix for APAR IT36322 is available from


Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Acknowledgement

Change History

15 Jun 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:
04 August 2021

Initial Publish date:
15 June 2021

UID

ibm16463977