Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM has addressed the following vulnerability within the Gateway Director component. Note that the vulnerability existed in only the immediately preceding version in all releases.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-8251
DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by delayed unfinished HTTP/1.1 requests submission. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to make the server unable to accept new connections and exhaust all available resources.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188592 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 DataPower Gateway V10 CD | 10.0.2.0 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway 10.0.1 | 10.0.1.3 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | Fixed in version | APAR | Download |
| IBM DataPower Gateway V10 CD 10.0.2.0 | 10.0.3.0 | IT36471 | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6435715 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway 10.0.1.3 | 10.0.1.4 | IT36471 | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6205303 |
For customers on older DataPower versions, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
19 Aug 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 August 2021
Initial Publish date:
19 August 2021
UID
ibm16482499