Security Bulletin: IBM® SDK for Node.js™ may be affected by CVE-2014-9748

Summary

Unsafe use of read/write locks on Windows 2003 and Windows XP in libuv

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-9748**
DESCRIPTION:** libuv, as used in Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the read/write locks implementation. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to unlock a CRITICAL_SECTION on the wrong thread and cause “undefined behavior”, resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114710&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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.

Note that this vulnerability affects users on Windows 2003 and Windows XP only. Use of theIBM SDK for Node.js is notofficially supported on either of these platforms.

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.

IBM SDK for Node.js can be downloaded, subject to the terms of the developerWorks license, from here.

IBM customers requiring an update for an SDK shipped with an IBM product should contact IBM support, and/or refer to the appropriate product security bulletin.