Security Bulletin: Streams service for IBM Cloud Pak for Data might be affected by some underlying Python vulnerabilities

2021-06-1619:01:03

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9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

76.2%

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Summary

Streams service for IBM Cloud Pak for Data might be affected by some underlying Python vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8492
**DESCRIPTION:**Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175462 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)

CVEID:CVE-2020-27619
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified error with CJK codec tests call eval() on content retrieved throug HTTP in multibytecodec_support.py in Python has an unknown impact and attack vector.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190408 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Streams Cloud Private	v5

Remediation/Fixes

Streams service for IBM Cloud Pak for Data has been discontinued. If you have concerns with any outstanding security issues, please uninstall the Streams service