Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability in GO crypto affects Infrastructure Automation

2022-10-2117:39:17

www.ibm.com

go crypto

infrastructure automation

denial of service

remote attackers

ibm cloud pak

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

36.0%

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Summary

A security vulnerability in GO crypto affects Infrastructure Automation

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-43565
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an input validation flaw in golang.org/x/crypto’s readCipherPacket() function. By sending an empty plaintext packet to a program linked with golang.org/x/crypto/ssh, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a panic.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219761 for the current score.
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

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
Infrastructure Automation	All

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps Infrastructure Automation 3.3.2 by following the instructions at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cloud-pak-watson-aiops/3.3.2?topic=upgrading-infrastructure-automation

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

ibmwebsphere_automation_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_watson_aiopsMatch3.

VendorProductVersionCPE
ibmwebsphere_automation_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_watson_aiops3.cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_automation_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_watson_aiops:3.:*:*:*:*:*:*:*