IBMC15110971919E2CFDB4CF1D2D6CB0D06608CA8D7C1A8EBC251900CD5535890E1Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by a vulnerability in Golang Go (CVE-2022-41717)
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
68.9%
Summary
This security vulnerability affects the memory growth in Go before version 1.18.9 that is used by IBM Event Streams.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2022-41717
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when handling HTTP/2 requests in the Go server. By sending a specially-crafted keys, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause excessive memory growth, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/241875 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
|---|---|
| IBM Event Streams | 10.0.0, 10.1.0, 10.2.0-eus, 10.2.1-eus, 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.4.0, 10.5.0, 11.0.0, 11.0.1, 11.0.2, 11.0.3, 11.0.4, 11.1.0, 11.1.1, 11.1.2, 11.1.3, 11.1.4 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading
Upgrade to IBM Event Streams 11.1.5 by following the upgrading and migrating documentation.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Affected configurations
Related
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
68.9%