Security Bulletin
Summary
Synthetic Playback Agent has addressed the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-23978, CVE-2021-23968, CVE-2021-23969, CVE-2021-23973
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-23978
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by memory safety bugs within the browser engine. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197286 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-23968
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when the full destination of a redirect served in the frame was reported in the violation report. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the destination of a redirect.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197288 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-23969
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to correctly set the source file to be the destination of the redirects when creating a violation report. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the destination of a redirect.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197285 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-23973
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error when trying to load a cross-origin resource in an audio/video context. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information about the resource.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197295 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| APM AM | NA |
| APM SaaS | NA |
| APM on-premise | 8.1.4 |
| CP4MCM DataCollectors | 2.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product Remediation | Fix |
| APM AM | fixed in latest saas env |
| APM SaaS | fixed in latest saas env |
| APM on-premise |
Synthetic Playback Agent 8.1.4 IF14 |
| CP4MCM DataCollectors |
upgrade to 2.3 https://www-03preprod.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFC4F_2.3.0/install/upgrade.html |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
27 Apr 2021: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
11 May 2021
UID
ibm16447459