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Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in components for Cloud Pak System

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Summary

Vulnerabilities found in components packaged with Cloud Pak System, Node.js, Express, Axios.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2024-4068
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js braces module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to limit the number of characters it can handle. leading to a memory exhaustion in lib/parse.js. By sending imbalanced braces as input, the parsing will enter a loop causing the JavaScript heap limit to be reached, and the program will crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/290675 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-29041
DESCRIPTION:   Express.js Express could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted URL to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286404 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-4067
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js micromatch module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in micromatch.braces() in index.js. By sending a specially crafted payload, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to increase the consumption time until the application hangs or slows down.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/290676 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-29180
DESCRIPTION:   webpack webpack-dev-middleware could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper validation of user request. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286153 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-28863
DESCRIPTION:   isaacs node-tar is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the lack of folders count validation. By sending a specially crafted request, an remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286169 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-37890
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js ws module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference. By sending a specially crafted request with multiple HTTP headers, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/295049 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-39338
DESCRIPTION:   Axios is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by a flaw with requests for path relative URLs get processed as protocol relative URLs. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/350874 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-33883
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js ejs(Embedded JavaScript templates) module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the lack of certain pollution protection. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/289643 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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 System2.3.3.7, 2.3.3.7 iFix1, 2.3.3.7 iFix2 (Power)
IBM Cloud Pak System2.3.3.6, 2.3.3.6 iFix1, 2.3.3.6 iFix2 (Intel)
IBM Cloud Pak System2.3.4.0 (Intel)

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying the fix reported below.

For Intel, upgrade to minimum Fix Pack required Cloud Pak System v2.3.4.0, 
     apply Cloud Pak System v2.3.4.1 at IBM Fix Central
information on upgrading here http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959
 
For Power, apply IBM Cloud Pak System v2.3.5.0 at IBM Fix Central.
information on upgrading here http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959

For unsupported versions the recommendation is to upgrade to supported version of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

28 Oct 2024: 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:
28 October 2024

UID

ibm17168667