Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities found in Node.js and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in Node.js and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty used by IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor (CVE-2024-27983, CVE-2024-27980, CVE-2024-22329, CVE-2024-27982, CVE-2024-22354, CVE-2024-4068).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-27983
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an assertion failure in node::http2::Http2Session::~Http2Session(). By sending a small amount of HTTP/2 frames packets with a few HTTP/2 frames inside, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the HTTP/2 server to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286865 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-2024-27980
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by the improper handling of batch files in child_process.spawn / child_process.spawnSync. By sending a specially crafted command line argument using args parameter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/287430 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-2024-22329
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.3 are vulnerable to server-side request forgery (SSRF). By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct the SSRF attack. X-Force ID: 279951.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279951 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-27982
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by the use of content length obfuscation in the http server. 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: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286863 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-22354
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5, 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.5 are vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information, consume memory resources, or to conduct a server-side request forgery attack. IBM X-Force ID: 280401.
CVSS Base score: 7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/280401 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-4068
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js braces module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to limit the number of characters it can handle. leading to a memory exhaustion in lib/parse.js. By sending imbalanced braces as input, the parsing will enter a loop causing the JavaScript heap limit to be reached, and the program will crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/290675 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None