IT43112: SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-28500, CVE-2021-23337, CVE-2020-8203

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• CVEID: CVE-2020-28500
  Description: Node.js lodash module is vulnerable to a denial of
  service, caused by a regular expression denial of service
  (ReDoS) in the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions. By sending
  a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit
  this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
  
  CVEID: CVE-2021-23337
  Description: Node.js lodash module could allow a remote
  authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the
  system, caused by a command injection flaw in the template. By
  sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit
  this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
  
  CVEID: CVE-2020-8203
  Description: Node.js lodash module is vulnerable to a denial of
  service, caused by a prototype pollution attack. A remote
  attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the merge,
  mergeWith, and defaultsDeep functions to inject properties onto
  Object.prototype to crash the server and possibly execute
  arbitrary code on the system.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Storage Insights users                                   *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * SECURITY APAR FOR:                                           *
  * CVE-2020-28500, CVE-2021-23337,                              *
  * CVE-2020-8203                                                *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is contained in the following release:
  
  IBM Storage Insights 1Q23   [ 54X-IBM-SI ]
  ( 1Q 2023 / February )
  
  To protect IBM Storage Insights against emerging
  security vulnerabilities, the service was updated to
  protected against vulnerabilities.
  
  No action is required, there is nothing that you
  need to do following the IBM Storage Insights
  update.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  STORAGE INSIGHT

• Fixed component ID

  5608TPCSI

Applicable component levels