Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Dashboard operands are vulnerable to denial of service due to [CVE-2021-27212]

Summary

OpenLDAP is present in the IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Dashboard operand image. OpenLDAP is vulnerable to denial of service. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability in OpenLDAP. [CVE-2021-27212]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-27212
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenLDAP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an assertion failure in slapd within the issuerAndThisUpdateCheck function. By sending a specially-crafted packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a daemon exit.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196992 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests the following:
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 6.2.x (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 7.0.0 or higher, and ensure that all Dashboard components are at 12.0.7.0-r2 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;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None