Security Bulletin: IBM i Access Client Solutions is vulnerable to an infinite loop or out of memory error due to vulnerabilities in Apache Commons Compress.

Summary

IBM i Access Client Solutions is vulnerable to an infinite loop (CVE-2024-25710) or an out of memory error (CVE-2024-26308) in Apache Commons Compress. Apache Commons Compress is used by the Data Transfer feature of IBM i Access Client Solutions when transferring data from (reading) xls and xlsx file formats. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability as described in the remediation/fixes section.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-25710
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted DUMP file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283472 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-26308
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted Pack200 file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283469 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The issue can be fixed by upgrading to version 1.1.9.5 or later. See IBM i Access Client Solutions updates for the latest version available.

Product(s)

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Version(s)

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Remediation/Fix/Instructions

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IBM i Access Client Solutions

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1.1.2 - 1.1.4,
1.1.4.3 - 1.1.9.4

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The current version of IBM i Access Client Solutions is available at Downloads.

Or you may download it from the general IBM i software site at
Entitled Systems Support (ESS).

Workarounds and Mitigations

None