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Security Bulletin: Multiple potential vulnerabilities in Node.js

Security Bulletin


Summary

Node.js is potentially exposed to 2 identified vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-15605
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by a flaw when handling unusual Transfer-Encoding HTTP header. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175913 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2019-15606
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an issue when HTTP header values do not have trailing OWS trimmed. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authorization based on header value comparisons.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175914 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
WA for CP4D1.4.1

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to latest version (1.4.2) of WA for CP4D

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

28 May 2020: Initial Publication

*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:
19 June 2020

Initial Publish date:
28 May 2020

UID

ibm16217633