Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operator, IntegrationServer and IntegrationRuntime operands are vulnerable to denial of service [CVE-2023-45290]

Summary

Golang Go is used by the operator and by a parent process in the IntegrationServer and IntegrationRuntime operands of IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container. IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operator and IntegrationServer and IntegrationRuntime operands are vulnerable to denial of service. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability in Golang Go. [CVE-2023-45290]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-45290
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when parsing a multipart form in the net/textproto package. By sending a specially crafted input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to allocate arbitrarily large amounts of memory, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285339 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests the following:
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container up to 11.5.0 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 11.6.0 or higher, and ensure that all IntegrationServer and IntegrationRuntime components are at 12.0.12.2-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 5.0.18 or higher, and ensure that all IntegrationServer components are at 12.0.12.2-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