Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of Node.js.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-22959
DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by an error related to a space in headers. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request with a space (SP) right after the header name before the colon to lead to HTTP Request Smuggling (HRS). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211168 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-22960
DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by an error when parsing the body of chunked requests. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request to lead to HTTP Request Smuggling (HRS). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211171 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Watson Discovery | 4.0.0-4.0.3 |
| Watson Discovery | 2.0.0-2.2.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 4.0.4
Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 2.2.1 and apply cpd-watson-discovery-2.2.1-patch-6
https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/available-patches-watson-discovery-ibm-cloud-pak-data
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
04 Dec 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:
16 December 2021
UID
ibm16523818