Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CloudPak for Watson AIOPs

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were fixed in IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps version 3.6.1

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-25220
**DESCRIPTION:**ISC BIND could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error when using DNS forwarders. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the cache with incorrect records leading to queries being made to the wrong servers, which might also result in false information being returned to clients.
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221991 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-38177
**DESCRIPTION:**ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a small memory leak in the DNSSEC verification code for the ECDSA algorithm. By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed ECDSA signature, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause named to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236705 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)

CVEID:CVE-2022-38178
**DESCRIPTION:**ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in the DNSSEC verification code for the EdDSA algorithm. By spoofing the target resolver with responses that have a malformed EdDSA signature, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause named to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236706 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)

CVEID:CVE-2022-34903
**DESCRIPTION:**GnuPG could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by a flaw when processing secret-key information from keyring. By sending a specially-crafted request to perform injection into the status line, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform signature spoofing.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/230354 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-37434
**DESCRIPTION:**zlib is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by inflate in inflate.c. By using a large gzip header extra field, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/232849 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2020-10663
**DESCRIPTION:**RubyGems JSON gem for Ruby could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of input by the gem when parsing JSON documents. By parsing a specially-crafted JSON document, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create malicious object within the interpreter.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181414 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-40149
**DESCRIPTION:**jettison-json Jettison is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow. By sending a specially-crafted XML or JSON data, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to causes the parser to crash, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236352 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-2509
**DESCRIPTION:**GnuTLS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double free flaw during the verification of pkcs7 signatures in gnutls_pkcs7_verify function. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/232507 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)

CVEID:CVE-2022-41946
**DESCRIPTION:**Postgresql JDBC could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by not limit access to created readable files in the TemporaryFolder. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/240853 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-37865
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Ivy could allow a local authenticated attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper validation of user supplied input. An attacker could use a specially-crafted archive file containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) to write arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/239423 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-37866
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Ivy could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper validation of user request. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/239567 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-4147
**DESCRIPTION:**Quarkus is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the CORS filter. By sending specially-crafted HTTP GET or POST requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/241805 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)

CVEID:CVE-2022-40150
**DESCRIPTION:**jettison-json Jettison is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory flaw. By sending a specially-crafted XML or JSON data, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to causes the parser to crash, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236353 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-45685
**DESCRIPTION:**Jettison is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow. By sending an overly long string using JSON data, 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/242596 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)

CVEID:CVE-2022-45693
**DESCRIPTION:**Jettison is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow. By sending a specially-crafted request using the map parameter, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242274 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-29154
**DESCRIPTION:**Rsync could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of file names. By utilize man-in-the-middle attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write arbitrary files inside the directories of connecting peers.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/232637 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-44906
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js Minimist module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution in setKey() function in the index.js script. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222195 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-29162
**DESCRIPTION:**Open Container Initiative runc could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an issue with runc exec --cap executed processes with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. By executing specially-crafted programs, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226393 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-36055
**DESCRIPTION:**Helm is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the strvals package. By sending a specially-crafted input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause memory panics, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235100 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)

CVEID:CVE-2021-21290
**DESCRIPTION:**Netty could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an insecure temp file in Unix-like systems. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197110 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-36087
**DESCRIPTION:**OAuthlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially-crafted request using IPV6 URI, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235780 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-1941
**DESCRIPTION:**protobuf is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type in the ProtocolBuffers. By sending a specially crafted message with multiple key-value per elements, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/237081 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-2526
**DESCRIPTION:**systemd could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free flaw due to the on_stream_io() function and dns_stream_complete() function in “resolved-dns-stream.c” not incrementing the reference counting for the DnsStream object. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235161 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-32206
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the number of acceptable “links” in the “chained” HTTP compression algorithms. By persuading a victim to connect a specially-crafted server, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to insert a virtually unlimited number of compression steps, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229740 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-32208
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by a flaw in the handling of message verification failures. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and gain access to the communication channel between endpoints to inject data to the client…
CVSS Base score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229742 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests that you address the vulnerabilities now for all affected products/versions listed above by installing Fix:

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cloud-pak-watson-aiops/3.6.1?topic=upgrading&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None