Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Event Streams has addressed the following vulnerabilities in the Go Runtimes shipped.
Vulnerability Details
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6486
Description: Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by mishandling P-521 and P-384 elliptic curves. By using specially-crafted inputs, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/156156 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Description: Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by mishandling P-521 and P-384 elliptic curves. By using specially-crafted inputs, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/156156 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2018-16875
DESCRIPTION: Go Programming Language is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to limit the amount of work performed for each chain verification. By sending specially-crafted pathological inputs, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154318 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)
DESCRIPTION: Go Programming Language is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to limit the amount of work performed for each chain verification. By sending specially-crafted pathological inputs, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154318 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
IBM Event Streams 2018.3.0
IBM Event Streams 2018.3.1
Remediation/Fixes
Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 2019.1.1 which is available from Passport Advantage.
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Change History
Initial Version March 2019
*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:
29 March 2019
UID
ibm10876552