Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operator and IntegrationServer operands may be vulnerable to denial of service due to CVE-2022-28131

Summary

The IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operator and IntegrationServer operands utilise Golang Go. The IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operator and IntegrationServer operands may be vulnerable to denial of service. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability CVE-2022-28131 in Golang Go.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-28131
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncontrolled recursion flaw in Decoder.Skip in encoding/xml due to stack exhaustion. By parsing a specially-crafted XML document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a panic.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/233141 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 6.0.0 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring and IntegrationServer components are at 12.0.5.0-r4 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 5.0.1 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring and IntegrationServer components are at 12.0.6.0-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