Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Netty 4.1.x before 4.1.46 affects IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights (CVE-2020-11612)

Summary

Netty 4.1.x before 4.1.46 is used by IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights. IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights has addressed the applicable CVE. See Remediation/Fixes section to apply the recommended fixes.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-11612
**DESCRIPTION:**Netty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by unbounded memory allocation while decoding a ZlibEncoded byte stream in the ZlibDecoders. By sending a large ZlibEncoded byte stream, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust memory resources.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180530 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

Apply 1.3.6 Interim Fix 3

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/Tivoli/IBM+SmartCloud+Analytics±+Predictive+Insights&release=1.3.6

Workarounds and Mitigations

None