Security Bulletin:IBM MQ Operator and Queue manager container images are vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities from libxml2, expat, libtasn1 and systemd

Summary

Multiple issues were identified in Red Hat UBI(ubi8/ubi-minimal) v8.7-x packages(libxml2, expat, libtasn1 and systemd) that were shipped with IBM MQ Operator and IBM supplied MQ Advanced container images.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-40303
**DESCRIPTION:**Gnome libxml2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the XML_PARSE_HUGE function. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238602 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2021-46848
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU Libtasn1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bound access flaw in ETYPE_OK. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/240735 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-43680
**DESCRIPTION:**libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after free created by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238951 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-40304
**DESCRIPTION:**Gnome ibxml2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a dict corruption flaw. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238603 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-3821
**DESCRIPTION:**systemd is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an off-by-one error in format_timespan() function of time-util.c. By sending specific values for time and accuracy, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/241051 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Issues listed by this security bulletin are addressed in IBM MQ Operator 2.2.2 CD release that included IBM supplied MQ Advanced 9.3.1.1-r1 container images and IBM MQ Operator 2.0.7 LTS release that included IBM supplied MQ Advanced 9.3.0.3-r1 container images.

IBM MQ Operator 2.2.2 CD release details:

IBM MQ Operator V2.0.7 LTS release details:

Workarounds and Mitigations

None