Security Bulletin: App Connect Enterprise Certified Container UBI updates

Summary

IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container (ACEcc) is built on the Red Hat Universal Base Images. ACEcc operator versions 5.0.14 (LTS) and 11.2.0 contain fixes to the listed CVEs found in the base images. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-45857
**DESCRIPTION:**Axios is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By inserting the X-XSRF-TOKEN header using the secret XSRF-TOKEN cookie value in all requests to any server when the XSRF-TOKEN0 cookie is available, and the withCredentials setting is turned on, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/270574 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2017-13745
**DESCRIPTION:**JasPer is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the jpc_dec_process_sot function in jpc/jpc_dec.c. By using a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131076 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-39325
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw in the net/http and x/net/http2 packages. By sending specially crafted requests using HTTP/2 client, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268645 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)

CVEID:CVE-2023-45287
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by using non constant time RSA based TLS key exchanges in the math/big library, which is not constant time. By utilize timing attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain session key bits information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/273499 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-5072
**DESCRIPTION:**JSON-java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a bug in the parser. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268485 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)

CVEID:CVE-2023-4016
**DESCRIPTION:**procps-ng procps is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a heap based buffer overflow when running the “ps” utility. By sending a specially crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262340 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-51257
**DESCRIPTION:**Jasper-Software Jasper could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by invalid memory write in jas_icc.c:1333:23. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/280136 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-48713
**DESCRIPTION:**Knative Serving is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unbound memory allocation flaw. By sending a specially crafted request using a pod, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/272460 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-4641
**DESCRIPTION:**shadow-maint shadow-utils could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by failing to clean the buffer used to store password information. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain password information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 4.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/271763 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-43786
**DESCRIPTION:**X.Org libX11 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack exhaustion from infinite recursion in the PutSubImage() function. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267632 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-43787
**DESCRIPTION:**X.Org libX11 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the XCreateImage() function. 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 condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267633 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-3978
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang html package is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262415 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-43785
**DESCRIPTION:**X.Org libX11 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds memory access flaw in the _XkbReadKeySyms() function. By persuading a victim to connect to a specially crafted server, 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: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267629 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-32324
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenPrinting CUPS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper bounds checking in cupsd when parsing raw files. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted raw file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/256786 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-4504
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenPrinting CUPS is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing postscript parsing functionality. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted CUPS document, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/266530 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-3138
**DESCRIPTION:**X.Org libX11 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow in the functions in src/InitExt.c. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258165 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-34241
**DESCRIPTION:**Apple CUPS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free in cupsdAcceptClient(). By reading the log, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exfiltrate private keys and info from a privileged cups daemon or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258674 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2021-3443
**DESCRIPTION:**JasPer is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in jp2_decode() in jp2_dec.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198809 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-22195
**DESCRIPTION:**Pallets Jinja is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the xmlattr filter. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279344 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-5388
**DESCRIPTION:**Red Hat Enterprise Linux could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an observable timing discrepancy in the numerical library used in NSS for RSA cryptography. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information and use this information to conduct Bleichenbacher or Manger attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279130 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-48560
**DESCRIPTION:**Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the heappushpop() function in the heapq module. By sending a specially crafted request, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264844 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-45143
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js undici module could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to clear cookie header on cross-origin redirect in fetch. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain cookie header information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 3.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268649 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests the following:
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 4.1.0 to 11.1.0 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 11.2.0 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.11.1-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 5.0.14 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.11.1-r1-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