Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to a denial of service due to C-ares (CVE-2024-25629)

Summary

The OpenTelemetry tracing in IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to a denial of service due to C-ares. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-25629
**DESCRIPTION:**C-ares is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds read in ares__read_line(). By sending a specially crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283978 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

12.0.7.0 - 12.0.11.3

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability/vulnerabilities now by applying the appropriate fix to IBM App Connect Enterprise

Affected Product(s)

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Version(s)

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APAR

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Remediation / Fixes

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IBM App Connect Enterprise

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12.0.7.0 - 12.0.11.3

| IT46027|

The APAR (IT46027) is available from

IBM App Connect Enterprise v12- Fix Pack Release 12.0.12.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None