Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in nginx may affect IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2022-41741, CVE-2022-41742)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in nginx used by IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak as part of the container ingress controller that may result in a denial of service. This bulletin identifies the security fixes to apply to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-41742
**DESCRIPTION:**F5 NGINX products are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the ngx_http_mp4_module module. By using a specially-crafted audio or video file, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt NGINX worker memory, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238649 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-41741
**DESCRIPTION:**F5 NGINX products are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the ngx_http_mp4_module module. By using a specially-crafted audio or video file, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt NGINX worker memory, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238648 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None