Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Node.js http-cache-semantics package affects Data Replication on Cloud Pak for Data

Summary

A vulnerability in Node.js http-cache-semantics package used in Data Replication on Cloud Pak for Data was addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-25881
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js http-cache-semantics module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw. By sending a specially-crafted regex input using request header values, 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/246089 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

Update to the latest product fix pack found here: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.7.x?topic=new-data-replication&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None