Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor is affected by a Node.js denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2019-5737)

Summary

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor has addressed the following vulnerability. Node.js denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2019-5737)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-5737
**DESCRIPTION:*Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service. By establishing an HTTP or HTTPS connection in keep-alive mode and sending headers very slowly to force the connection and associated resources to stay alive for a long period of time, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/158093&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
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

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor Continuous Delivery

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor

Upgrade to 1.9.6 or later

Workarounds and Mitigations

None