IBM has released the following fix for IBM® Db2® On Openshift and IBM® Db2® and Db2 Warehouse® on Cloud Pak for Data in response to multiple vulnerabilities found in multiple components.
CVEID:CVE-2021-38561
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go Text is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an improper index calculation that allows an incorrectly formatted language tag to panic Parse. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219760 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-2020-8559
**DESCRIPTION:**Kubernetes kube-apiserver could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw when multiple clusters share the same certificate authority trusted by the client. By intercepting certain requests and sending a redirect response, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise other nodes.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185302 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID:CVE-2021-33196
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the NewReader and OpenReader functions in archive/zip. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted archive file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a panic or an unrecoverable fatal error, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/206602 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-2021-41772
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds slice situation in the Reader.Open function. By using a specially-crafted ZIP archive containing an invalid name or an empty filename field, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a panic, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/213019 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-2021-27919
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the Reader.Open API when use a ZIP archive containing files start with “…/”. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted ZIP archive, 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/198076 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-2020-15366
**DESCRIPTION:**Ajv (aka Another JSON Schema Validator) could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw in the ajv.validate function. By sending a specially-crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185626 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)
All platforms of the following IBM® Db2® On Openshift fix pack releases and IBM® Db2® and Db2 Warehouse® on Cloud Pak for Data refresh levels are affected:
Release | Version |
---|---|
IBM® Db2® On Openshift |
v11.5.5.0 - v11.5.5.0-cn4
v11.5.5.1 - v11.5.5.1-cn3
v11.5.6.0 - v11.5.6.0-cn5
v11.5.7.0 - v11.5.7.0-cn2
IBM® Db2® and Db2 Warehouse® on Cloud Pak for Data|
v3.5 through refresh 10
v4.0 through refresh 6
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to the latest IBM Db2 On Openshift or the IBM Db2 and Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data refresh release containing the fix for this issue. These builds are available based on the most recent fixpack level of the V11.5.7 release and the Cloud Pak for Data v3.5 refresh 10, 4.0 refresh 6 release. They can be applied to any affected fixpack level of the appropriate release to remediate this vulnerability.
Please note: If the affected release is any refresh level of Cloud Pak for Data 3.5, it is strongly recommended to upgrade to Cloud Pak for Data 4.0, then apply the latest refresh release
Product | Fixed in Fix Pack | Instructions |
---|---|---|
IBM® Db2® On Openshift |
v11.5.7.0-cn3
|
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5?topic=1157-upgrading-updating>
IBM® Db2® and Db2 Warehouse® on Cloud Pak for Data|
v4.0 refresh 7
|
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-data/4.0?topic=upgrading>
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