IBM Security Bulletin: IBM API Connect is affected by Node.js tough-cookie module vulnerability to a denial of service (CVE-2016-1000232) - United States  SECURITY BULLETIN

SUMMARY
 API Connect has addressed the following vulnerability. 

Node.js tough-cookie module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression error. By using a sufficiently large HTTP request Cookie header, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to consume an overly large amount of CPU resources. 


VULNERABILITY DETAILS

CVEID:CVE-2016-1000232 [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000232]
DESCRIPTION:Node.js tough-cookie module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression error. By using a sufficiently large HTTP request Cookie header, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to consume an overly large amount of CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: Seehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119038 [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119038]for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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 API Connect Affected Versions IBM API Connect 5.0.6.0-5.0.6.5 IBM API Connect 5.0.7.0-5.0.7.2 IBM API Connect 5.0.8.0 REMEDIATION/FIXES
 

Affected Product Addressed in VRMF APAR Remediation / First Fix IBM API Connect

5.0.0.0-5.0.6.5 5.0.6.6 LI79986 Addressed in IBM API Connect V5.0.6.6.

Follow this link and find the "APIConnect_Management" package:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+API+Connect&release=5.0.6.5&platform=All&function=all [https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+API+Connect&release=5.0.6.2&platform=All&function=all] IBM API Connect

5.0.7.0-5.0.7.2 5.0.8.1 LI79986 Addressed in IBM API Connect V5.0.8.1.

Follow this link and find the "APIConnect_Management" package:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+API+Connect&release=5.0.8.0&platform=All&function=all [https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+API+Connect&release=5.0.7.0&platform=All&function=all] IBM API Connect

5.0.8.0 5.0.8.1 LI79986 Addressed in IBM API Connect V5.0.8.1.

Follow this link and find the "APIConnect_Management" package:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+API+Connect&release=5.0.8.0&platform=All&function=all [https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+API+Connect&release=5.0.7.0&platform=All&function=all] GET NOTIFIED ABOUT FUTURE SECURITY BULLETINS
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REFERENCES
Complete CVSS v3 Guide [http://www.first.org/cvss/user-guide] 
On-line Calculator v3 [http://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0] 

RELATED INFORMATION
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal [http://www.ibm.com/security/secure-engineering/bulletins.html] 
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog [http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt] 

CHANGE HISTORY
 19 February 2018: original document published 

*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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Answer: CVEID:CVE-2016-1000232 [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000232]
DESCRIPTION:Node.js tough-cookie module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression error. By using a sufficiently large HTTP request Cookie header, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to consume an overly large amount of CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: Seehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119038 [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119038]for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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 API Connect Affected Versions IBM API Connect 5.0.6.0-5.0.6.5 IBM API Connect 5.0.7.0-5.0.7.2 IBM API Connect 5.0.8.0