Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability in Node.js axios module affects IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Managed Services

Summary

A security vulnerability in Node.js axios module affects IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Managed Services.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-3749
**DESCRIPTION:**axios is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the trim function. By sending a specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208438 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

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3.x Fix Pack 2 by following the instructions at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-management/2.3.x?topic=upgrade-upgrading-fix-pack-2.&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None