Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by Go vulnerabilities

Summary

IBM Event Streams has addressed the following vulnerabilities in the Go Runtimes shipped.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-9741
DESCRIPTION: Golang GO is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input in the http.NewRequest. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/158137&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Event Streams 2018.3.0

IBM Event Streams 2018.3.1

IBM Event Streams 2019.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 2019.1.1 which is available from Passport Advantage.