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Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Private for Data is affected by a vulnerability in Go Language (CVE-2019-6486)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/958613
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Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Cloud Private for Data is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in Open Source Go Language which could allow a local attacker to consume all available CPU resources.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: 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: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/156156 for the current score
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)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud Private for Data V1.1.0
IBM Cloud Private for Data V1.2.0
IBM Cloud Private for Data V1.2.1
IBM Cloud Private for Data V2.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

  1. Users of IBM Cloud Private for Data V1.1.0, V1.2.0, and V1.2.1 are advised to upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for Data V2.1.0.1, and to upgrade to IBM Cloud Private V3.1.2.
  2. Uses of IBM Cloud Private for Data 2.1.0 are advised to apply the IBM Cloud Pak for Data V2.1.0.1 Fix Pack, and to apply fix packs for IBM Cloud Private V3.1.2.

Workarounds and Mitigations

No workarounds are available at this time.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6486

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

23 September 2019: 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 Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 October 2019

UID

ibm10958613

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