Security Bulletin: IBM Instana Observability is affected by multiple vulnerabilities within Instana Agent container image

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were remediated in IBM Observability with Instana within Instana Agent container image build 273.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-29857
**DESCRIPTION:**The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause excessive CPU consumption.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/290285 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-2024-30171
**DESCRIPTION:**The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the RSA decryption (both PKCS#1v1.5 and OAEP) feature. By utilize timing side-channel attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/289411 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-30172
**DESCRIPTION:**The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop in the Ed25519 verification code. By persuading a victim to use a specially crafted signature and public key, 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/290103 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-2023-35116
**DESCRIPTION:**Fasterxml jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based overflow. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. Note: The vendor disputes the vulnerability because the steps of constructing a cyclic data structure and trying to serialize it cannot be achieved by an external attacker.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258157 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-2024-21634
**DESCRIPTION:**Amazon Ion is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based overflow in ion-java for applications. By sending a specially 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/279362 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