Security Bulletin: Platform Navigator and Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration are vulnerable to remote attack due to Go CVE-2021-44717

Summary

Platform Navigator and Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration are vulnerable to remote attack due to Go CVE-2021-44717 with details below

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-44717
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in the syscall.ForkExec() interface. By causing the erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-descriptor exhaustion, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise data integrity and/or confidentiality in a somewhat uncontrolled way in programs linked with and using syscall.ForkExec().
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216563 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Platform Navigator 2020.4.1 in****IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

Upgrade Platform Navigator 2020.4.1 to 2020.4.1-6-eus using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2020.4?topic=202041-upgrading-platform-navigator-component-deployment-interface&gt;

Platform Navigator version 2021.1, 2021.2, 2021.3, or 2021.4 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

Upgrade Platform Navigator to 2021.4.1-1 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2021.4?topic=upgrading-platform-navigator-cloud-pak-integration-instance&gt;

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Asset Repository version 2020.4.1 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration**

Upgrade Asset Repository to 2020.4.1-5-eus using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2020.4?topic=components-upgrading-asset-repository&gt;

Asset Repository version 2021.1, 2021.2, or 2021.4 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

Upgrade Asset Repository to 2021.4.1-3 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2021.4?topic=capabilities-upgrading-automation-assets&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None