Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container may be vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to CVE-2017-14501

Summary

libarchive is present in the IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container images as part of the base operating system packages. IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container images may be vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability in libarchive due to CVE-2017-14501

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2017-14501
**DESCRIPTION:**libarchive is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the parse_file_info function in archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c. By persuading a victim to extract a specially-crafted iso file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/132122 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 4.0 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 4.1.0 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.4.0-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 5.0 LTS (Long Term Support)

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator components at 12.0.5.0-r1-lts or higher are not affected. No action is necessary

Workarounds and Mitigations

None