Security Bulletin: IBM Instana Observability is affected by Vulnerabilities in Go-git with Instana Agent container image

Summary

Vulnerabilities in Go-git were remediated in IBM Observability with Instana with Instana Agent container image build 265. (CVE-2023-49569 & CVE-2023-49568)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-49569
**DESCRIPTION:**go-git could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. By sending a specially crafted request using the ChrootOS <https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/osfs#ChrootOS&gt;, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create and amend files across the filesystem and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279932 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)

CVEID:CVE-2023-49568
**DESCRIPTION:**go-git is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially crafted responses from a Git server, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger resource exhaustion in go-git clients, and results in a denial of service conditoin.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279389 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 recommends addressing these vulnerabilities now by updating IBM Observability with Instana to the latest release as described here:

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None