Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operator and operands are vulnerable to denial of service [CVE-2023-45288]

Summary

IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operator and operands are vulnerable to denial of service due to a Golang vulnerability. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability in the net/http and x/net/http2 packages. [CVE-2023-45288]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-45288
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory exhaustion flaw due to flood of CONTINUATION frames in the HTTP/2 protocol stack in the net/http and x/net/http2 packages. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286962 for the current score.
CVSS Vector:

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests the following:
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container up to 12.1.0 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 12.2.0 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.12.4-r1 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 12.0 LTS (Long Term Support)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 12.0.1 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.12-r2 or higher. Documentation on the upgrade process is available at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect/12.0?topic=umfpr-upgrading-operator-releases&gt;

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 5.0 LTS (Long Term Support)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 5.0.19 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.12.3-r1-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