Security Bulletin: IBM Watson OpenScale on Cloud Pak for Data is impacted by CVE-2020-8277

Summary

IBM Watson OpenScale on Cloud Pak for Data has addressed CVE-2020-8277.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8277
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service. By getting the application to resolve a DNS record with a larger number of responses, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger a DNS request for a host of their choice resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191755 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Please consult the online documentation, ‘Available patches for Watson OpenScale for IBM Cloud Pak for Data’, for updates/patches to remediate the vulnerabilities.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None