Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability in Node.js braces and netmask module affects IBM Cloud Automation Manager

Summary

A security vulnerability in Node.js braces and netmask module affects IBM Cloud Automation Manager.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-1109
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js braces module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw. By using a specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an impact of about 10 seconds matching time for data 50K characters long, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199128 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2021-29418
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js netmask module could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper handling of certain unexpected characters in an IP address string. By using a specially-crafted argument using octal literals, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses.
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199130 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Download IBM Cloud Automation Manager 4.2.0.1 iFix 3 from
https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+Cloud+Private&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=icp-cam-3.2.1-build600412&includeSupersedes=0

Follow the instructions in Readme link in https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+Cloud+Private&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=icp-cam-3.2.1-build600412&includeSupersedes=0 to install the iFix 3 to your IBM Cloud Automation Manager 4.2.0.1.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None