Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Data is vulnerable to several issues due to the go compiler ( CVE-2021-33197 )

Summary

Golang compiler is used by IBM Cloud Pak for Data to build various binaries. CVE-2021-33197.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-33197
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the ReverseProxy in net/http/httputil. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to drop arbitrary headers, including those set by the ReverseProxy.Director.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/206603 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)|**Version(s)
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IBM Cloud Pak for Data| 4.0.0-4.8.4

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Product(s)

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Version(s) number and/or range

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Remediation/Fix/Instructions

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IBM Cloud Pak for Data

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4.0.0-4.8.4

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Download 4.8.5 and follow instructions

Workarounds and Mitigations

None