Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring has applied security fixes for its use of Netty.io.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-11612
DESCRIPTION: Netty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by unbounded memory allocation while decoding a ZlibEncoded byte stream in the ZlibDecoders. By sending a large ZlibEncoded byte stream, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust memory resources.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180530 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring | before 2.3 Fix Pack 2 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 Fix Pack 2 by following the instructions at 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
17 Nov 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.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
01 December 2021
UID
ibm16520782