Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for June 2022

Summary

In addition to many updates of operating system level packages, the following security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation 21.0.2-IF012 and 21.0.3-IF010.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-43138
**DESCRIPTION:**Async could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by prototype pollution in the mapValues() method. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223605 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-2022-24434
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js dicer module is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially-crafted form to server, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the node.js service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/227085 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-2022-23712
**DESCRIPTION:**Elasticsearch is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation of user requests. By sending a specifically crafted request, 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/228310 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-2022-25878
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js protobufjs module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw. By adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a proto or constructor payload, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/227327 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation

| V21.0.3 - V21.0.3-IF009| affected
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation| V21.0.2 - V21.0.2-IF011| affected
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation|

V21.0.1 - V21.0.1-IF007
V20.0.1 - V20.0.3
V19.0.1 - V19.0.3
V18.0.0 - V18.0.2

| affected

Remediation/Fixes

Any open source library may be included in one or more sub-components of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation. Open source updates are not always synchronized across all components. The CVEs in this bulletin are specifically addressed by

The recommended solution is to apply the June 2022 security fix as soon as practical.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None