Security Bulletin: Open Source Dependency Vulnerability

Summary

IBM Edge Application Manager 4.5 has resolved the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-23346
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js html-parse-stringify and html-parse-stringify2 modules are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). By sending a specially-crafted input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the process to freeze, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197736 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The fix/upgrade is a set of docker images, that will automatically be pulled and deployed from both dockerhub and the IBM Entitled Registry.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None