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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Node.js affect IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) - CVE-2021-22960, CVE-2021-22959

Security Bulletin


Summary

Configuration Editor in IBM Business Process Manager and IBM Business Automation Workflow are vulnerable to a HTTP request smuggling attack.

Vulnerability Details

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)

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)

Affected Products and Versions

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Status
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV21.0.3not affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV21.0.2
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
V19.0.0.1 - V19.0.0.3
V18.0.0.0 - V18.0.0.1		affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV21.0.1 - V21.0.3
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2		not affected
IBM Business Process ManagerV8.6.0.0 - V8.6.0.201803
V8.5.0.0 - V8.5.0.201706		affected

 


Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR JR64322 as soon as practical.

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation / Fix
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV21.0.2Apply JR64322 or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 21.0.3
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV20.0.0.2Apply JR64322 or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 21.0.3
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV20.0.0.1Upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow v20.0.0.2 and apply JR64322 or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 21.0.3
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV19.0.0.3Apply JR64322 or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 21.0.3
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV19.0.0.2
V19.0.0.1
V18.0.0.2
V18.0.0.1		Upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 19.0.0.3 and apply JR64322 or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 21.0.3
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV18.0.0.0Apply JR64322 or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 21.0.3
IBM Business Process ManagerV8.6.0.0 - V8.6.0.201803Upgrade to IBM Business Process Manager Version 8.6 Cumulative Fix 2018.03 and apply JR64322 or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 21.0.3
IBM Business Process ManagerV8.5.0.0 - V8.5.7.201706Upgrade to IBM Business Process Manager Version 8.5.7 Cumulative Fix 2017.06 and apply JR64322 for the edition of your product or upgrade to IBM Business Automation Workflow 21.0.3

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

IBM BPM Configuration Editor is a stand-alone tool for editing properties file. Use a standard text file editor instead.
 

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

26 Jan 2022: 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:
26 January 2022

UID

ibm16551090

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