Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by Apache CXF vulnerability CVE-2019-12406

Summary

IBM Event Streams has addressed the following vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-12406
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache CXF is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to restrict the number of message attachments present in a given message. By sending a specially-crafted message containing an overly large number of message attachments, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170974 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

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