Security Bulletin: IBM Datapower Operations Dashboard could allow unintended headers to MIME messages CVE-2024-21742

Summary

Apache James Mime4J is used by the IBM Datapower Operations Dashboard stream parsing implementation.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-21742
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache James Mime4J could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to add unintended headers to MIME messages.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/284251 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

1.0.20.1, 1.0.20.2

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to version 1.0.21.0

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?fixids=DPOD-1.0.21.0&product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FWebSphere%20DataPower%20SOA%20Appliances&source=dbluesearch&mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=dpod&function=fixId&parent=ibm/WebSphere

Workarounds and Mitigations

None