Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities found in batik-bridge-1.7.jar which is shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center(CVE-2022-40146, CVE-2022-38648, CVE-2022-38398)

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in batik-bridge-1.7.jar which is shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center. Information about these vulnerabilities affecting IBM® Intelligent Operations Center have been published and addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-40146
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Batik is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by a flaw in the DefaultScriptSecurity function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack to access files using a Jar url.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236847 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-38648
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Batik is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by a flaw when calling the fop function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack to fetch external resources.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236846 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-38398
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Batik is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by a flaw in the DefaultExternalResourceSecurity function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack to load a url thru the jar protocol.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236845 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply an interim fix that contains the fix for this issue as soon as practical.

Download the IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.4 is an upgrade to IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.3 through IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2 from the following link:

IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.4

Installation instructions for the fix are included in the readme document that is in the fix package.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None