Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container DesignerAuthoring operands that use mapping assistance may be vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to CVE-2022-25309

Summary

GNU Fribidi is used by IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container for handling unicode. IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container DesignerAuthoring operands that use mapping assistance may be vulnerable to arbitrary code execution and denial of service. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability CVE-2022-25309 in GNU FriBidi.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-25309
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU FriBidi is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the fribidi_cap_rtl_to_unicode() function of the fribidi-char-sets-cap-rtl.c file. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229322 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 6.0 and 6.1 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 6.2.0 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring components that have mapping assistance enabled are at 12.0.7.0-r1 or higher. Documentation on the upgrade process is available at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect/containers_cd?topic=releases-upgrading-operator&gt;

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 5.0 LTS (Long Term Support)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 5.0.2 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring components that have mapping assistance enabled are at 12.0.6.0-r2-lts or higher. Documentation on the upgrade process is available at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect-contlts?topic=releases-upgrading-operator&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None