Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container DesignerAuthoring operands that use mapping assistance may be vulnerable to elevated privileges due to [CVE-2022-42919]

Summary

Python is used by IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container for providing mapping assistance. IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container DesignerAuthoring operands that use mapping assistance may be vulnerable to elevated privileges. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability in Python. [CVE-2022-42919]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-42919
**DESCRIPTION:**Python on Linux could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the deserialization of pickles from any user in the same machine local network namespace. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain privileges that any Python multiprocessing forkserver process is running as.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/240032 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests the following:
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 7.0.0 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring components 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 5.0.3 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring components are at 12.0.7.0-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

Disable mapping assistance in each DesignerAuthoring instance