IBM Security Bulletin: API Connect is affected by a Node.js denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2017-14919) - United States  SECURITY BULLETIN

SUMMARY
 IBM API Connect has addressed the following vulnerability. 

Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncaught exception flaw in the zlib module. By making 8 an invalid value for the windowBits parameter, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash. 

VULNERABILITY DETAILS
CVEID:CVE-2017-14919 [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14919]
DESCRIPTION:Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncaught exception flaw in the zlib module. By making 8 an invalid value for the windowBits parameter, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: Seehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134286 [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134286]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:H) 

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS
 

Affected API Connect Affected Versions IBM API Connect 5.0.0.0-5.0.6.4 IBM API Connect 5.0.7.0-5.0.7.2 IBM API Connect 5.0.8.0-5.0.8.1 REMEDIATION/FIXES
 

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

V5.0.0.0 - 5.0.6.4 5.0.6.5 LI79994 Addressed in IBM API Connect V5.0.6.5.

Follow this link and find the "APIConnect-Portal" package.

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+API+Connect&release=5.0.6.4&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

V5.0.7.0 - 5.0.7.2 5.0.8.2 LI79994 Addressed in IBM API Connect V5.0.8.2.

Follow this link and find the "APIConnect_Management" and "APIConnect-Portal" packages.

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+API+Connect&release=5.0.8.1&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

V5.0.8.0 - 5.0.8.1 5.0.8.2 LI79994 Addressed in IBM API Connect V5.0.8.2.

Follow this link and find the "APIConnect_Management" and "APIConnect-Portal" packages.

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EWebSphere&product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+API+Connect&release=5.0.8.1&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] 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
 08 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-2017-14919 [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14919]
DESCRIPTION:Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncaught exception flaw in the zlib module. By making 8 an invalid value for the windowBits parameter, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: Seehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134286 [https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134286]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:H)