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HistorySep 26, 2020 - 7:06 p.m.

Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by a vulnerability in the Go runtime (CVE-2020-16845)

2020-09-2619:06:06
www.ibm.com
5

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Summary

IBM Event Streams is affected by a vulnerability in the Go runtime

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-16845
**DESCRIPTION:**Go Language is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary. By sending a specially-crafted input, 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/186375 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)
IBM Event Streams 2018.3.0
IBM Event Streams CDR

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade from IBM Event Streams 2019.2.1, IBM Event Streams 2019.4.1 and IBM Event Streams 2019.4.2 to the latest Fix Pack.

Upgrade IBM Event Streams 10.0.0 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration by downloading IBM Event Streams 10.1.0 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration 2020.3.1 from IBM Entitled Registry

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

CPENameOperatorVersion
ibm event streamseqany

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P