Security Bulletin: Vulnerability may affect IBM® SDK for Node.js™ (CVE-2017-14919)

Security Bulletin

Summary

A vulnerability was disclosed in October 2017 by the Node.js project. IBM SDK for Node.js has addressed the CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-14919
DESCRIPTION: Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncaught exception flaw in the zlib module. By making 8 an invalid value for the windowBits parameter, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134286 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

This vulnerability affects IBM SDK for Node.js releases between v4.8.2.0 and 4.8.4.0.
This vulnerability affects IBM SDK for Node.js releases between v6.10.2.0 and 6.11.4.0.
This vulnerability affects IBM SDK for Node.js v8.6.0.0 and earlier releases.

Remediation/Fixes

The fix for this vulnerability is included in IBM SDK for Node.js v4.8.5.0 and subsequent releases.
The fix for this vulnerability is included in IBM SDK for Node.js v6.11.5.0 and subsequent releases.
The fix for this vulnerability is included in IBM SDK for Node.js v8.9.0.0 and subsequent releases.

IBM SDK for Node.js can be downloaded, subject to the terms of the developerWorks license, from here.

IBM customers requiring an update for an SDK shipped with an IBM product should contact IBM support, and/or refer to the appropriate product security bulletin.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

November 13 2017: Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability may affect IBM® SDK for Node.js™ (CVE-2017-14919)