Security Bulletin: Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud is vulnerable to spoofing attacks and clickjacking due to swagger-ui (CVE-2018-25031, CVE-2021-46708)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in the swagger-ui library used by Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud with mpOpenAPI-1.0, mpOpenAPI-1.1, mpOpenAPI-2.0, mpOpenAPI-3.0, openapi-3.0 or the openapi-3.1 feature enabled. These vulnerabilities could allow spoofing attacks or clickjacking vulnerabilities. This has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-25031
**DESCRIPTION:**swagger-ui could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to display remote OpenAPI definitions.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217346 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-46708
**DESCRIPTION:**npm swagger-ui-dist could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim’s click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217359 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

These vulnerabilities affect all versions of Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud up to and including v3.66.

Remediation/Fixes

To upgrade to Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud v3.67-20220303-1119 or higher, you must re-stage or re-push your application

To find the current version of Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud being used, from the command-line Cloud Foundry client by running the following commands:

cf ssh <appname> -c “cat staging_info.yml”

Look for similar lines:

{“detected_buildpack”:“Liberty for Java™ (WAR, liberty-22.0.0_3, buildpack-v3.67-20220303-1119, ibmjdk-1.8.0_sr7-20211025, env)“,”start_command”:“.liberty/initial_startup.rb”}

To re-stage your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:

cf restage <appname>

To re-push your application using the command-line Cloud Foundry client, use the following command:

cf push <appname>

Workarounds and Mitigations

None