Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container IntegrationServer and IntegrationRuntime operands that use MQ are vulnerable to denial of service [CVE-2024-25016]

Summary

IBM MQ is used by IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container for MQ communications and for state storage by Toolkit flows that contain MQ, Aggregation and Collector nodes. IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container IntegrationServer and IntegrationRuntime operands are vulnerable to denial of service. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability in IBM MQ. [CVE-2024-25016]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-25016
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM MQ and IBM MQ Appliance 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 LTS and 9.3 CD could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service due to incorrect buffering logic. IBM X-Force ID: 281279.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281279 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

IBM strongly suggests the following:
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container up to 12.1.0 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 12.2.0 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring, IntegrationServer and IntegrationRuntime components are at 12.0.12.4-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 12.0 LTS (Long Term Support)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 12.0.1 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring and IntegrationServer components are at 12.0.12-r2 or higher. Documentation on the upgrade process is available at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect/12.0?topic=umfpr-upgrading-operator-releases&gt;

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

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 5.0.19 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring and IntegrationServer components are at 12.0.12.3-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