Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container DesignerAuthoring operands that use mapping assistance are vulnerable to denial of service due to [CVE-2023-2800]

Summary

Hugging Face Transformers is used by IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container for mapping assistance. IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container DesignerAuthoring operands that use mapping assistance are vulnerable to denial of service. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability in Hugging Face Transformers. [CVE-2023-2800]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-2800
**DESCRIPTION:**Hugging Face Transformers is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an insecure temporary file creation flaw in the tempfile.mktemp() function. By sending a specially crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 4.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255808 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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 4.1.x to 8.2.x (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 9.0.0 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring components are at 12.0.8.0-r3 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)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 5.0.8 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring components are at 12.0.8.0-r3-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