Security Bulletin: IBM Edge Application Manager 4.5.4 addresses the security vulnerabilities listed in the CVEs below.

Summary

IBM Edge Application Manager 4.5.4 addresses the security vulnerabilities listed in the CVEs below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-48795
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSH is vulnerable to a machine-in-the-middle attack, caused by a flaw in the extension negotiation process in the SSH transport protocol when used with certain OpenSSH extensions. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a machine-in-the-middle attack and strip an arbitrary number of messages after the initial key exchange, breaking SSH extension negotiation and downgrading the client connection security.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/275282 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-26159
**DESCRIPTION:**follow-redirects could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted URL to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/278622 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The fix/upgrade is a set of docker images, that will automatically be pulled and deployed from both dockerhub and the IBM Entitled Registry.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None