SB2021033051 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
Published: March 30, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021033051
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15168)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.The vulnerability exists due to node-fetch does not honor the size option after following a redirect. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.