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Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor is affected by Node.js vulnerability

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor has addressed Node.js vulnerability CVE-2020-28502

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-28502
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js xmlhttprequest and xmlhttprequest-ssl modules could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an issue when requests are sent synchronously. By sending specially-crafted input flowing into xhr.send, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197806 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor2.4.2, 2.4.3

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to 2.4.4 or later.

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor can be installed from OperatorHub page in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform or locally following this link.

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

Change History

17 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 June 2021

UID

ibm16465935

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