Security Bulletin: IBM Instana Observability is affected by Vulnerabilities in Apache RocketMQ

Summary

Vulnerabilities in Apache RocketMQ were remediated in IBM Observability with Instana build 255.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-33246
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache RocketMQ could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a flaw when using the update configuration function. By sending a specially crafted request to forge the RocketMQ protocol content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/256035 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to .255.

Link to Update:<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None