Security Bulletin: Fix for BIRT Report Engine that is vulnerable due to nested jtidy.jar r938

Summary

BIRT report engine bundled in IBM DevOps Model Architect v1.0 is vulnerable as it has a nested jtidy.jar r938.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-34623
**DESCRIPTION:**jtidy is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds write error. By using a specially crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies, 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/258082 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

1. Stop IBM DevOps Model Architect 1.0.

2. Download the attached zip file (org.eclipse.birt_.report.engine_4.11.0.202307042101.zip) and extract plugin org.eclipse.birt.report.engine_4.11.0.202307042101.jar into a temporary folder.

3. Goto <install_dir>/plugins/ folder

4. Replace the old plugin with the new plugin.

5. Start IBM DevOps Model Architect 1.0.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None