Security Bulletin: Multiple AngularJS Vulerabilities Affects IBM OpenPages with Watson

Summary

AngularJS library is used by IBM OpenPages. Multiple vulnerabilties are being disclosed from AngularJS within this bulletin. These vulnerabilities are addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-26117
**DESCRIPTION:**AngularJS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the $resource service. By providing specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/251496 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-26116
**DESCRIPTION:**AngularJS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the angular.copy() utility function. By providing specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/251497 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2023-26118
**DESCRIPTION:**AngularJS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the input[url] functionality. By providing specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/251494 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-25869
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js angular module is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when caching pages using Internet Explorer. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/231374 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-25844
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js Angular module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in posPre: ’ '.repeat() of NUMBER_FORMATS.PATTERNS[1].posPre. By sending a specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225115 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

A fix has been created for each affected version of the named product. Download and install the fix as soon as possible. Fixes and installation instructions are provided at the URLs listed below:

A fix has been created for each affected version of the named product. Download and install the fix as soon as possible. Fixes and installation instructions are provided at the URLs listed below:

Product

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Remediation

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For IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.3

- Apply 8.3 FixPack 2 **(8.3.0.2)**then,

- Apply 8.3 Interim Fix 1 (8.3.0.2.7) or later

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Download URL for 8.3.0.2

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/openpages-watson-83-fix-pack-2

Download URL for 8.3.0.2.7

<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/openpages-watson-8302-interim-fix-7&gt;

For IBM OpenPages 9.0

- Apply 9.0 FixPack 1**(9.0.0.1)**then,

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Download URL for 9.0.0.1

<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-openpages-90-fix-pack-1&gt;

For IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.0/8.1/8.2 customers, IBM recommends to upgrade to a fixed and supported versions 8.3 or9.0 of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None