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Security Bulletin: API Connect is vulnerable to denial of service via Kubernetes (CVE-2020-8557, CVE-2020-8559)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM API Connect has addressed the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-8557
DESCRIPTION:   Kubernetes kubelet is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an issue with not including the /etc/hostsfile file by the kubelet eviction manager when calculating ephemeral storage usage. By writing a large amount of data to the /etc/hostsfile, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to fill the storage space of the node and cause the node to fail.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185301 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-8559
DESCRIPTION:   Kubernetes kube-apiserver could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw when multiple clusters share the same certificate authority trusted by the client. By intercepting certain requests and sending a redirect response, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise other nodes.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185302 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
API ConnectAPI Connect V2018.4.1.0-V2018.4.1.12
API ConnectAPI Connect V10.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

 

Affected ProductAddressed in VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
IBM API Connect V2018.4.1.0-V2018.4.1.12
 
IBM API Connect V2018.4.1.13

LI81762

Addressed in IBM API Connect V2018.4.1.13.

All OVA components are impacted.
 
Follow this link and find the image appropriate for your installation.
 
 
IBM API Connect 
V10.0.0
 
IBM API Connect 
V10.0.1

LI81762

Addressed in IBM API Connect V10.0.1

All OVA components are impacted.

Follow this link and find the image appropriate OVA image for your installation.

http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

07 Oct 2020: 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:
07 October 2020

UID

ibm16344297