Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in IBM SDK for Node.js might affect the configuration editor used by IBM Business Automation Workflow and Business Process Manager (BPM)

Summary

Security vulnerabilities have been reported for IBM SDK for Node.js. IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM BPM include a stand-alone tool for editing configuration properties files that is based on IBM SDK for Node.js.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-7160 DESCRIPTION: Node.js inspector module could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to properly validate the Host header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass same-origin policy and conduct a DNS rebinding attack.
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143447&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-7159 DESCRIPTION: Node.js http module could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the acceptance of incorrect Content-Length values, containing spaces within the value, in HTTP headers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to confuse the script and launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143448&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:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-7158 DESCRIPTION: Node.js path module is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially crafted file path, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a regular expression denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143449&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)

CVEID: CVE-2018-7167 DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service. By invoking Buffer.fill() or Buffer.alloc() , a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to hang.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144740&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)

CVEID: CVE-2018-7164 DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when reading from the network into JavaScript using the net.Socket object directly as a stream. By sending tiny chunks of data in short succession, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to exhaust all memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144739&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-2018-7162 DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending duplicate/unexpected messages during the handshake, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the node server providing an http server supporting TLS server to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144738&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)

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

- IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0.0.0

- IBM Business Process Manager V8.6.0.0 through V8.6.0.0 Cumulative Fix 2018.03

- IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.7.0 through V8.5.7.0 Cumulative Fix 2017.06

- IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6.0 through V8.5.6.0 CF2

- IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.5.0

Remediation/Fixes

Install interim fix JR59583 as appropriate for your current IBM Business Automation Workflow or IBM BPM version.

• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• IBM Business Process Manager
• IBM Business Process Manager Advanced
• IBM Business Process Manager Standard
• IBM Business Process Manager Express

For IBM Business Automation Workflow V18.0.0.0
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR59583
--OR–
· Apply Cumulative Fix V18.0.0.1 or later

For IBM BPM V8.6.0.0 through V8.6.0.0 CF 2018.03
· Upgrade to minimal cumulative fix levels as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR59583
--OR–
· Apply Cumulative Fix 2018.03 or later

For IBM BPM V8.5.7.0 through V8.5.7.0 CF 2017.06
· Apply Cumulative Fix 2017.06 and then apply iFix JR59583

For IBM BPM V8.5.6.0 through V8.5.6.0 CF2
· Apply CF2 as required by iFix and then apply iFix JR59583

For IBM BPM V8.5.5.0
· Apply iFix JR59583

Workarounds and Mitigations

IBM BPM Configuration Editor is a stand-alone tool for editing properties file. Use a standard text file editor instead.