Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Order Management Kafka 2.1.0 vulnerablity

Summary

Apache Kafka could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information and allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-38153
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Kafka could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing attack flaw due to the use of “Arrays.equals” to validate a password or key. By utilizing brute-force attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain credentials information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209762 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2018-17196
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Kafka could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially-crafted Produce request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass transaction/idempotent ACL validation.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163622 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Order Management on premise release notes - <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/order-management-sw/10.0?topic=software-fixes-by-fix-pack-version&gt;

Fix Central Link (FP details URL):
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FOther+software%2FSterling+Selling+and+Fulfillment+Foundation&fixids=10.0.0.0-Sterling-SSFF-All-fp29-Installer&source=SAR

Workarounds and Mitigations

None