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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability in Node.js affects the IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) configuration editor (CVE-2014-5256)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.5 provides a standalone tool for editing configuration properties files that is called the "IBM BPM Configuration editor." This editor is based on open source Node.js technology. A security vulnerability has been reported for Node.js.

Vulnerability Details

Note: The IBM BPM Configuration editor is an optional stand-alone tool. It can be extracted and started explicitly as described in the Configuring your environment graphically with the IBM BPM Configuration editor topic within the product documentation.

CVE ID: CVE-2014-5256
CVE-2014-5256
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95057 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service that is caused by a memory corruption error. By sending an overly long JSON string, a remote attacker might exploit this vulnerability to cause a segmentation fault.

Affected Products and Versions

  • IBM Business Process Manager Standard V8.5.5.0
  • IBM Business Process Manager Express V8.5.5.0
  • IBM Business Process Manager Advanced V8.5.5.0

Remediation/Fixes

Install the interim fix for APAR JR51163 as appropriate for your current IBM Business Process Manager version.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

29 September 2014: original document 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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Product Synonym

BPM

Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21684769

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