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Security Bulletin: IBM Integration Bus and IBM App Connect Enterprise v11 are affected by vulnerabilities in Node.js (CVE-2021-3450, CVE-2021-3449)

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Summary

IBM Integration Bus & IBM App Connect Enterprise V11 ship with Node.js for which vulnerabilities were reported and have been addressed. Vulnerability details are listed below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-3450
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a a missing check in the validation logic of X.509 certificate chains by the X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT flag. By using any valid certificate or certificate chain to sign a specially crafted certificate, an attacker could bypass the check that non-CA certificates must not be able to issue other certificates and override the default purpose.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198754 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-3449
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in signature_algorithms processing. By sending a specially crafted renegotiation ClientHello message from a client, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the TLS server to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198752 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

IBM Integration Bus V10.0.0 - V10.0.0.23 (Linux x86-64 and Windows x86-64 only)

IBM App connect Enterprise V11 , V11.0.0.0 - V11.0.0.12


Remediation/Fixes

Product
VRMF
APAR
Remediation / Fix
IBM App Connect EnterpriseV11.0.0.0-V11.0.0.12IT36998
The APAR is available in fix pack 11.0.0.13
IBM Integration Bus V10.0.0.0 - V10.0.0.23IT36322
Interim fix for APAR IT36322 is available from


Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

28 Jun 2021: Initial Publication

*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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 August 2021

UID

ibm16467639