Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by Go vulnerability CVE-2019-16276

Summary

IBM Event Streams has addressed the following vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-16276
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of HTTP header. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass filter or conduct HTTP request smuggling.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/167963 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

IBM Event Streams in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

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2019.2.2

IBM Event Streams in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

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2019.2.3

IBM Event Streams

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2019.4.1

IBM Event Streams in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

| 2019.4.1

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade from IBM Event Streams 2019.2.1 to IBM Event Streams 2019.4.1 by downloading IBM Event Streams 2019.4.1 from IBM Passport Advantage.

Upgrade from IBM Event Streams 2019.4.1 to the latest Fix Pack.

Upgrade IBM Event Streams 2019.2.2, IBM Event Streams 2019.2.3 and IBM Event Streams 2019.4.1 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration by downloading IBM Event Streams 2019.4.2 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration 2020.2.1 from IBM Passport Advantage.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None