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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Node.js affects IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software included in Rational Developer for i

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Summary

Portions of IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software are shipped as a component of Rational Developer for i (RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, Java and EGL editions).
Multiple Node.js vulnerabilities have been discovered that affect the Cordova platform packaged with Rational Application Developer. IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software has addressed the applicable CVEs (CVE-2018-1000168, CVE-2018-7161).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1000168
DESCRIPTION: nghttp2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference. By sending a specially-crafted packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141584 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:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-7161
DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error within the http2 implementation. By interacting with the http2 server in an insecure manner, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the node server providing an http2 server to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144736 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 Product and Version(s)

 Product and Version shipped as a component
IBM Rational Developer for i v9.6, v9.6.0.1, v9.6.0.2, v9.6.0.3, v9.6.0.4 RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, Java Edition Rational Application Developer 9.6 - 9.6.1.1
IBM Rational Developer for i v9.6, v9.6.0.1, v9.6.0.2, v9.6.0.3, v9.6.0.4 RPG and COBOL + Modernization Tools, EGL Edition Rational Application Developer 9.6 - 9.6.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Review the Remediation/Fixes section of Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Node.js affect IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software (CVE-2018-1000168, CVE-2018-7161) for instructions on obtaining the fix for this issue.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

27 November 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:
27 November 2018

UID

ibm10738739

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