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Security Bulletin: IBM API Connect V2018 (ova) is vulnerable to denial of service (CVE-2020-8551, CVE-2020-8552)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM API Connect has addressed the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-8551
DESCRIPTION:   Kubernetes kubelet API is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178253 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-8552
DESCRIPTION:   Kubernetes kube-apiserver is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially-crafted resource request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178254 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)
API ConnectV2018.4.1.0-2018.4.1.10

Remediation/Fixes

 

Affected ProductAddressed in VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM API Connect 
V2018.4.1.0-2018.4.1.10
2018.4.1.11LI81564

Addressed in IBM API Connect V2018.4.1.11.

All components are impacted. Only ova deployments are impacted.
 
Follow this link and find the packages for ova deployment.
 

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

17 Jun 2020: Initial Publication
17 Jun 2020: Updated to indicate only ova deployments are impacted

*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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Internal Use Only

PVR0213627

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 June 2020

UID

ibm16234196

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