Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Fusion HCI and IBM Fusion's graphical user interface are vulnerable to a denial of service due to Node.js, isaacs node-tar, and ShowdownJS. CVE-2024-4068, CVE-2024-28863, CVE-2024-1899.
Vulnerability Details
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.
CWE: CWE-1050: Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
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.
CWE: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-1899
DESCRIPTION: ShowdownJS Showdown is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the anchors subparser. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CWE: CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Fusion HCI | 2.3.0 - 2.8.2 |
| IBM Fusion HCI for watsonx | 2.8.2 |
| IBM Fusion | 2.3.0 - 2.8.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
| Product(s) | Version(s) number and/or range | Remediation/Fix/Instructions |
| IBM Fusion HCI | 2.3.0 - 2.8.2 | Upgrade to 2.9.0 - See README for upgrade instructions. |
| IBM Fusion HCI for watsonx | 2.8.2 | Upgrade to 2.9.0 - See README for upgrade instructions. |
| IBM Fusion | 2.3.0 - 2.8.2 | Upgrade to 2.9.0 - See README for upgrade instructions. |
Workarounds and Mitigations
N/A
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
17 Dec 2024: Initial Publication
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
14 April 2025
Initial Publish date:
17 December 2024
UID
ibm17179189