Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect IBM Observability with Instana

Summary

Vulnerabilities detected in Elasticsearch versions from 6.7.0 to 6.8.7 and 7.0.0 to 7.6.2 affects IBM Observability with Instana

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-7619
**DESCRIPTION:**Elastic Elasticsearch could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the API Key service. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain username information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170656 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-7014
**DESCRIPTION:**Elastic Elasticsearch ould allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper access control. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to generate authentication token with elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182943 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-7009
**DESCRIPTION:**Elastic Elasticsearch could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw in the authentication API key. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178916 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Update your existing installation of IBM Observability with Instana as described here: <https://www.instana.com/docs/self_hosted_instana/operations#upgrade-your-container-based-installation&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None