Security Bulletin: Current Release of IBM® SDK for Node.js™ is affected by CVE-2014-5256

Summary

V8 JavaScript engine denial of service vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID:CVE-2014-5256

**DESCRIPTION:**V8 shipped with Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory corruption error. By sending an overly long JSON string, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a segmentation fault.

CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95057 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.0.5 and earlier

Remediation/Fixes

IBM SDK for Node.js v1.1.0.6 and later

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.