Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libexpat affects IBM Cloud Pak System [CVE-2022-40674]

Summary

Vulnerability in libexpat affects Tivoli Monitoring and Platform System Manager shipped with Cloud Pak System. IBM Cloud Pak System has addressed this vulnerability. [CVE-2022-40674]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-40674
**DESCRIPTION:**libexpat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236116 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For unsupported version/release/platform IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.

In response to expat vulnerabilities IBM Cloud Pak System update IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) pattern type (pType) to v1.0.22.0 with IBM Cloud Pak System v2.3.3.6 on Intel.

The recommended solution is to apply the fix as reported below as soon as practical.

For IBM Cloud Pak System V2.3.0.1, v2.3.3.0, v.2.3.3.1, v.2.3.3.2, v.2.3.3.3, v2.3.3.3 iFix 1, v2.3.3.4, v2.3.3.5

Upgrade to Cloud Pak System v2.3.3.6 available at FixCentral.

Information on upgrading can be found here: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None