Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in urllib3 affects IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0 (CPDS 2.0)[CVE-2021-33503]

Summary

The urllib3 package is used by IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0. IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0 has addressed the applicable CVE[CVE-2021-33503] .

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-33503
**DESCRIPTION:**urllib3 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw due to catastrophic backtracking. By sending a specially-crafted URL request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203109 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

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying below security patch.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None