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Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Control is vulnerable to multiple weaknesses related to Node.js

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Summary

Vulnerabilities in Node.js such as remote attacker bypass security restrictions may affect IBM Spectrum Control.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-30581
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of proto in process.mainModule.proto.require(). By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass experimental policy mechanism.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258615 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-30584
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a path traversal bypass when verifying file permissions. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the experimental permission model.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258617 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32559
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of the deprecated API process.binding(). By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the permission policy mechanism.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262902 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-30588
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by invalid public key information in x509 certificates. By accessing public key info of provided certificates from user code, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to force interruptions of application processing and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258623 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32003
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a missing getValidatedPath() check in the fs.mkdtemp() and fs.mkdtempSync() APIs. By using a path traversal attack, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the permission model check and create an arbitrary directory.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262904 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-30587
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions. By exploiting the Worker class's ability to create an "internal worker" with the kIsInternal Symbol, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify the isInternal value when an inspector is attached within the Worker constructor before initializing a new WorkerImpl.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258618 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32004
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the improper handling of Buffers in file system APIs within the experimental permission model. By specifying a path traversal sequence in a Buffer, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a path traversal bypass when verifying file permissions.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262899 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-30583
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a missing check in the fs.openAsBlob() API. By using the file system read restriction with the --allow-fs-read flag, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the experimental permission model.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258620 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-30582
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to restrict file watching through the fs.watchFile API. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to monitor restricted files.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258619 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-30590
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could provide weaker than expected security, caused by the failure to generate keys after setting a private key by the generateKeys() API function. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258625 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-30586
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in the crypto.setEngine() API when called with a compatible OpenSSL engine. By manipulating the process's stack memory to locate the permission model Permission::enabled_ in the host process's heap memory, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the permission model.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258622 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-30585
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in the installation process during the repair operation, where the "msiexec.exe" process attempts to read the %USERPROFILE% environment variable from the current user's registry. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create folders in unintended and potentially malicious locations.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258621 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-30589
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by the failure to strictly use the CRLF sequence to delimit HTTP requests by the llhttp parser in the http module. By sending specially crafted HTTP request headers, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258624 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32002
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of Module._load(). By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the permission policy mechanism.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262896 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-32558
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of the deprecated API process.binding(). By using a path traversal sequence, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the permission model.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262900 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Control5.4

Remediation/Fixes

Release Link to Fix
IBM Spectrum Control v5.4.10.2https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/latest-downloads-ibm-spectrum-control

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

06 Oct 2023: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
06 October 2023

UID

ibm17045008