Security Bulletin: IBM® SDK for Node.js™ in IBM Bluemix may be affected by CVE-2016-1669

Summary

Buffer overflow in the Google V8 Javascript implementation used by IBM SDK for Node.js

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-1669**
DESCRIPTION:** Google Chrome is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by an error in V8. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/113145&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.1.2 and previous releases.
These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v1.2.0.13 and previous releases.
These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v4.4.5.0 and previous releases.
These vulnerabilities affect IBM SDK for Node.js v6.1.0.0 and previous releases.
The corresponding open-source versions are v0.10.45, v0.12.14 and v4.4.5, respectively.

To check which version of the Node.js runtime runtime your Bluemix application is using, navigate to the “Files” menu item for your application through the Bluemix UI. In the “logs” directory, check the “staging_task.log”.

You can also find this file through the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following command:

cf files <appname> logs/staging_task.log

Look for the following lines:

-----> IBM SDK for Node.js Buildpack _______

If the Node.js engine version is not v0.10.46, v0.12.15 or v4.4.6, your application may be vulnerable.

Remediation/Fixes

The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.1.3 and subsequent releases.
The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v1.2.0.14 and subsequent releases.
The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v4.4.6.0 and subsequent releases.
The fixes for these vulnerabilities are included in IBM SDK for Node.js v6.2.0.0 and subsequent releases.

To upgrade to the latest version of the Node.js runtime, please specify the latest Node.js runtime in your package.json file for your application:

“engines”: {
_ “node”: “>=0.10.46”_
},
or _
“engines”: {
_ “node”: “>=0.12.15”
},
or _
“engines”: {
_ “node”: “>=4.4.6”
},

You will then need to restage (or re-push) your application using the IBM SDK for Node.js Buildpack v3.6.