Security Bulletin: Version 12.18.0 of Node.js included in IBM Netcool Operations Insight 1.6.2.x has several security vulnerabilities

Summary

Security Bulletin: Version 12.18.0 of Node.js included in IBM Netcool Operations Insight 1.6.2.x has several security vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8251
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by delayed unfinished HTTP/1.1 requests submission. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to make the server unable to accept new connections and exhaust all available resources.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188592 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)

CVEID:CVE-2020-8201
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by CR-to-Hyphen conversion. By sending specially crafted HTTP request headers, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188591 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-8252
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the libuv’s fs.realpath.native. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188593 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Netcool Operations Insight 1.6.3 includes the fix for this vulnerability. Please see IBM Support to upgrade to Netcool Operations Insight 1.6.3: <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6221238&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None