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Security Bulletin: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities affect IBM® Cloud Private and IBM Cloud Private Cloud Foundry (CVE-2018-7158, CVE-2018-7159, CVE-2018-7160)

Created by Cynthia Glass on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/718897
718897

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Cloud Private and IBM Cloud Private Cloud Foundry are vulnerable to multiple security vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-7158
DESCRIPTION: Node.js path module is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially crafted file path, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a regular expression denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143449 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-7159
DESCRIPTION: Node.js http module could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the acceptance of incorrect Content-Length values, containing spaces within the value, in HTTP headers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to confuse the script and launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143448 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-7160
DESCRIPTION: Node.js inspector module could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to properly validate the Host header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass same-origin policy and conduct a DNS rebinding attack.
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143447 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud Private 2.1.0

IBM Cloud Private Cloud Foundry 2.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

For the 2.1.0.x releases, upgrade to versions listed below or later

 

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

14 September 2018: original document published

*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 Information

Modified date:
14 September 2018

UID

ibm10718897