Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container UBI updates

Summary

IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container (ACEcc) is built on the Red Hat Universal Base Images. ACEcc operator versions 5.0.18 (LTS) and 11.6.0 contain fixes to the listed CVEs found in the base images. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-48554
**DESCRIPTION:**File is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the file_copystr function in funcs.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264341 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-3446
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when using the DH_check(), DH_check_ex() or EVP_PKEY_param_check() functions to check a DH key or DH parameters. By sending a specially crafted request using long DH keys or parameters, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause long delays, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/261026 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-3817
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when using the DH_check(), DH_check_ex() or EVP_PKEY_param_check() functions to check a DH key or DH parameters. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause long delays, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262046 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-48161
**DESCRIPTION:**GifLib Project GifLib could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the DumpSCreen2RGB function in gif2rgb.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, 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: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/272164 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-50495
**DESCRIPTION:**NCurse is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a segmentation fault in the _nc_wrap_entry(). By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279155 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-5678
**DESCRIPTION:**Openssl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when using DH_generate_key() function to generate an X9.42 DH key. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/270771 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21011
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause low availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288020 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21012
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Networking component could allow a remote attacker to cause high integrity impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288019 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21068
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, GraalVM for JDK and GraalVM related to Hotspot component could allow a remote authenticated attacker to cause low integrity impacts.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288014 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21085
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause low availability impacts.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/288000 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21094
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/287959 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-25629
**DESCRIPTION:**C-ares is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds read in ares__read_line(). By sending a specially crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283978 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-27982
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by the use of content length obfuscation in the http server. By sending specially crafted HTTP request headers, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286863 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-27983
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an assertion failure in node::http2::Http2Session::~Http2Session(). By sending a small amount of HTTP/2 frames packets with a few HTTP/2 frames inside, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the HTTP/2 server to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286865 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-2024-28834
**DESCRIPTION:**GnuTLS could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the ECDSA code. By utilize Minerva attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain private key information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286142 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-28835
**DESCRIPTION:**GnuTLS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw during chain building/verification. By using a specially crafted .pem bundle using the “certtool --verify-chain” command, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286143 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-3205
**DESCRIPTION:**The YAML Project LibYAML is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the yaml_emitter_emit_flow_sequence_item function in /src/libyaml/src/emitter.c. By sending a specially crafted request, 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/286954 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests the following:
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container up to 11.5.0 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 11.6.0 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.12.2-r1 or higher. Documentation on the upgrade process is available at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect/containers_cd?topic=releases-upgrading-operator&gt;

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 5.0 LTS (Long Term Support)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 5.0.18 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.12.2-r1-lts or higher. Documentation on the upgrade process is available at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect-contlts?topic=releases-upgrading-operator&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None