Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Kafka affects IBM Process Mining . CVE-2023-25194

Summary

There is a vulnerability in Apache Kafka that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service . The code is used by IBM Process Mining. This bulletin identifies the security fixes to apply to address the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-25194
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Kafka could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization when configuring the connector via the Kafka Connect REST API. By sending specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/246698 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

Remediation/Fixes guidance:

1.14.1,

1.14.0, 1.13.2

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Upgrade to version 1.14.2

1.Login to PassPortAdvantage

2. Search for
M0FHQML
Process Mining 1.14.2 Server Multiplatform Multilingual

3. Download package

4. Follow install instructions

5. Repeat for M0FHRML Process Mining 1.14.2 Client Windows Multilingual

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Workarounds and Mitigations

Workarounds/Mitigation guidance:

None known