Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by Alpine vulnerability CVE-2018-1000849

Summary

IBM Event Streams has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-1000849
DESCRIPTION: Alpine Linux could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unspecified flaw in apk-tools. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/154506&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Event Streams 2018.3.0

IBM Event Streams 2018.3.1

Remediation/Fixes

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