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Security Bulletin: IBM DataPower Gateways is affected by a Denial of Service vulnerability (CVE-2018-7167)

Created by John Wray on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/730347
730347

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM DataPower Gateways has addressed the following vulnerability:
CVE-2018-7167

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-7167
DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service. By invoking Buffer.fill() or Buffer.alloc() , a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to hang.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144740 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:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected WebSphere DataPower Appliances Affected Versions
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.2.0-7.5.2.15
IBM DataPower Gateway CD CD 7.7.0.0-7.7.1.1
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.1.0.0-7.1.0.23
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.2.0.0-7.2.0.21
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.0.0-7.5.0.16
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.1.0-7.5.1.15
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.6.0.0-7.6.0.8

Remediation/Fixes

Product VRMF APAR Remediation / First Fix
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.1.0.24 IT25957 APAR IT25957
IBM DataPower Gateway CD 7.2.0.22 IT25957 APAR IT25957
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.0.17 IT25957 APAR IT25957
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.1.16 IT25957 APAR IT25957
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.5.2.16 IT25957 APAR IT25957
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.6.0.9 IT25957 APAR IT25957
IBM DataPower Gateway 7.7.1.2 IT25957 APAR IT25957

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

7 September 2018: Original version 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 September 2018

UID

ibm10730347

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