IT47737: IBM STORAGE INSIGHTS SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2024-52798

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• CVEID: CVE-2024-52798
  Description: path-to-regexp turns path strings into a regular
  expressions. In certain cases, path-to-regexp will output a
  regular expression that can be exploited to cause poor
  performance. The regular expression that is vulnerable to
  backtracking can be generated in the 0.1.x release of
  path-to-regexp. Upgrade to 0.1.12. This vulnerability exists
  because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-45296.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Storage Insights users                                   *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * SECURITY APAR FOR:                                           *
  * CVE-2024-52798                                               *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is contained in the following release:
  
  IBM Storage Insights 1Q25   [ 54X-IBM-SI ]
  1Q 2025 / February
  
  To protect IBM Storage Insights against emerging
  security vulnerabilities, the service was updated to
  protected against vulnerabilities.
  
  No action is required, there is nothing that you need
  to do following the IBM Storage Insights upgrade.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  STORAGE INSIGHT

• Fixed component ID

  5608TPCSI

Applicable component levels