Security Bulletin
Summary
A security vulnerability in Node.js node-forge affects IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Managed Services.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-24772
DESCRIPTION: Node.js node-forge module could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper signature verification when checking for tailing garbage bytes after decoding a DigestInfo ASN.1 structure. By sending a specially-crafted request with garbage data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222173 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Infrastructure Management | All |
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 Fix Pack 5 by following the instructions at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-management/2.3.x?topic=upgrade-upgrading-fix-pack-5
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
19 Jul 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:
22 July 2022
Initial Publish date:
19 July 2022
UID
ibm16606583