Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Private is vulnerable to a host header injection attack

Summary

IBM Cloud Private is vulnerable to a host header injection attack

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1943 DESCRIPTION: IBM Cloud Private is vulnerable to HTTP HOST header injection, caused by improper validation of input. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/153385&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0, 3.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0, apply these patches

• IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0 Kubernetes
• IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0 Metering
• IBM Cloud Private 3.1.0 Vulnerability Advisor

For IBM Cloud Private 3.1.1, apply these patches

• IBM Cloud Private 3.1.1 Kubernetes
• IBM Cloud Private 3.1.1 Metering
• IBM Cloud Private 3.1.1 Vulnerability Advisor

Workarounds and Mitigations

None