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Security Bulletin: Potential vulnerability with Node.js lodash module

Security Bulletin


Summary

A potential vulnerability has been identified related to Node.js lodash module. Refer to details for additional information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-28500
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js lodash module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) in the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions. By sending a specially-crafted request, 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/196972 for the current score.
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(s)Version(s)
WA for ICP1.4.2, 1.5.0

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to the latest (4.0.0) release of WA for CP4D which maintains backward compatibility with the versions listed above.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

28 Jul 2021: 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:
30 July 2021

UID

ibm16476626