Security Bulletin: Security Vulnerabilities affect IBM Cloud Pak for Data - Node.js

Summary

Security Vulnerabilities affect IBM Cloud Pak for Data - Node.js

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8237
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js json-bigint module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a prototype pollution flaw. By adding or modifying Object properties, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188526 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)

CVEID:CVE-2020-8158
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js TypeORM module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a prototype pollution flaw. By adding or modifying Object properties, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability cause a denial of service condition or SQL injection attacks.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188521 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2020-8251
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by delayed unfinished HTTP/1.1 requests submission. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to make the server unable to accept new connections and exhaust all available resources.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188592 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)

CVEID:CVE-2020-8201
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by CR-to-Hyphen conversion. By sending specially crafted HTTP request headers, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188591 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-8252
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the libuv’s fs.realpath.native. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188593 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

• Patch:
  <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6327429&gt;

• Users of IBM Cloud Pak for Data V3.0.1 are advised to:
  Apply IBM Cloud Pak for Data V3.0.1 cpd-3.0.1-lite-patch-7

Workarounds and Mitigations

None