Security Bulletin
Summary
These vulnerabilties affect only those customers who have configured a binary transform action using a tx-map. IBM has addressed the CVEs. [CVE-2017-14952 and CVE-2020-10531]
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-14952
DESCRIPTION: International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp. By using a specially crafted string, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/133526 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2020-10531
DESCRIPTION: International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in UnicodeString::doAppend() function in common/unistr.cpp. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/177660 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM DataPower Gateway V10CD | 10.0.2.0 - 10.0.4.0 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway 10.0.1 | 10.0.1.0 - 10.0.1.8 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0 | 10.5.0.0 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway | 2018.4.1.0 - 2108.4.1.21 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.
| Affected Product | Fixed in release | APAR |
| IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0 | 10.5.0.1 | IT41446 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway V10CD | 10.5.0.1 | IT41446 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway 10.0.1 | 10.5.0.1 | IT41446 |
| IBM DataPower Gateway 2018.4.1 | 10.5.0.1 | IT41446 |
Customers using IBM DataPower Gateway 10.0.1 or 2018.4.1 can upgrade to version 10.5.0.1 to obtain the fix. However, the fix will be available in a future 10.0.1 and 2018.4.1 fixpack.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
02 Aug 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:
18 August 2022
UID
ibm16613581