Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Node.js affect IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software (CVE-2018-1000168, CVE-2018-7161)

Summary

Multiple Node.js vulnerabilities were disclosed by the Node.js project. Node.js is used by the Cordova tools in IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software. IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1000168 DESCRIPTION: nghttp2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference. By sending a specially-crafted packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141584&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-7161 DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error within the http2 implementation. By interacting with the http2 server in an insecure manner, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the node server providing an http2 server to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144736&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

Rational Application Developer 9.6 - 9.6.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

Update the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition of the product to address this vulnerability:

Product

| VRMF |APAR|Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—
Rational Application Developer | 9.6 - 9.6.1.1 |

PH02037

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Apply Node.js 8.11.4 to the Cordova platform in the product.

Installation instructions for applying the update to the Cordova platform in the product can be found here:

Upgrading the IBM SDK for Node.js used by Cordova

Workarounds and Mitigations

No known workarounds.