Security Bulletin: Denial of Service Vulnerability in Node.js affect Cloud Pak System [CVE-2022-25758]

Summary

Cloud Pak System uses Node.js for implementation of Cloud Pak System Common UI.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-25758
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js scss-tokenizer module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the loadAnnotation() function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/230259 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For unsupported versions the recommendation is to upgrade to supported version of the product.

For Cloud Pak System V2.3.1.1, V2.3.2.0 for power
Upgrade to Cloud Pak System v2.3.3.7 and apply V2.3.3.7 Interim Fix 01 at IBM Fix Central.
information on upgrading here <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6982511&gt;

For Cloud Pak System V2.3.3.7 for power
Apply Cloud Pak System V2.3.3.7 Interim Fix 01 at IBM Fix Central.

information on upgrading here <http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959&gt;

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to Cloud Pak System v2.3.4.0 for Intel at IBM Fix Central

information on upgrading here <http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None