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Security Bulletin: Lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 vulnerability in PowerHA System Mirror for AIX

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Summary

Lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 caused vulnerability in PowerHA System Mirror for AIX releases in service.

Vulnerability Details

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.
CVSS Base score: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196797 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196972 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
PowerHA SystemMirror 
 7.2.1 *
 7.2.2 *
 7.2.3
 7.2.4
 7.2.5

 

* Versions out of support as on Dec-2021

Remediation/Fixes

The service packs of PowerHA 7.2.5 SP1, 7.2.4 SP4  &  7.2.3 SP6 are upgraded to latest version of lodash which remediates this vulnerability. 

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Cluster%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/PowerHAClusterManager&release=7.2.5&platform=AIX&function=all

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Cluster%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/PowerHAClusterManager&release=7.2.4&platform=AIX&function=all

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Cluster%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/PowerHAClusterManager&release=7.2.3&platform=AIX&function=all

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

08 Dec 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 March 2022

UID

ibm16524656

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