SB2022042564 - IBM Cloud Private update for Golang

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44716)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44717)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can send multiple HTTP/2 requests to the server and exhaust all available memory resources.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-security-vulnerabilities-affect-ibm-cloud-private-golang-cve-2021-44716-cve-2021-44717/"
• https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-security-vulnerabilities-affect-ibm-cloud-private-golang-cve-2021-44716-cve-2021-44717/</a></p><p>
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6574515</p><p><br></p>