Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect IBM Db2 On Openshift, IBM Db2® on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse® on Cloud Pak for Data

Summary

IBM has released the below fix for IBM Db2® On Openshift, IBM Db2® on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse® on Cloud Pak for Data in response to multiple vulnerabilities found in multiple components.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-15187
**DESCRIPTION:**Helm could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an issue with containing duplicates of the same entry in the plugin.yaml file. By sending a specially-crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify a plugin’s install hooks to perform a local execution attack…
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188456 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-29217
**DESCRIPTION:**PyJWT could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the key confusion through non-blocklisted public key formats. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to choose the used signing algorithm.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/227222 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-29622
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js Formidable module could allow a remote attacker to upload arbitrary files, caused by the improper validation of file extensions. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request using the filename parameter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to upload a malicious PDF file, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226582 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-15186
**DESCRIPTION:**Helm could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input valuation by the plugin names. By sending a specially-crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to duplicate the name of another plugin or spoofing the output to helm --help.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188455 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-32690
**DESCRIPTION:**Helm could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the index.yaml file. By gaining access to the chart archives, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203901 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-15185
**DESCRIPTION:**Helm could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an issue with allowing duplicates of the same chart entry in the repository index file. By sending a specially-crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject a bad chart into a repository.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188454 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-22389
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a denial of service as the server may terminate abnormally when executing specially crafted SQL statements by an authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 2219740.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221970 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-22390
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 may be vulnerable to an information disclosure caused by improper privilege management when table function is used. IBM X-Force ID: 221973.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221973 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

All platforms of the following IBM® Db2® On Openshift fix pack releases and IBM® Db2® on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse® on Cloud Pak for Data refresh levels are affected:

v11.5.5.0 - v11.5.5.0-cn4
v11.5.5.1 - v11.5.5.1-cn3
v11.5.6.0 - v11.5.6.0-cn5
v11.5.7.0 - v11.5.7.0-cn6

IBM® Db2® on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse® on Cloud Pak for Data|

v3.5 through refresh 10
v4.0 through refresh 9
v4.5 through refresh 2

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest IBM® Db2® On Openshift or the IBM Db2® on Cloud Pak for Data and Db2 Warehouse® on Cloud Pak for Data release containing the fix for these issues. These builds are available based on the most recent fixpack level of the V11.5.7 release and the Cloud Pak for Data v4.5 release. They can be applied to any affected fixpack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability. Please note: If the affected release is any refresh level of Cloud Pak for Data 3.5 or 4.0, it is strongly recommended to upgrade to Cloud Pak for Data 4.5 Refresh 3

v4.5 Refresh 3

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Db2 Warehouse: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.5.x?topic=warehouse-upgrading

Db2: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.5.x?topic=db2-upgrading

Workarounds and Mitigations

None