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Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container may be vulnerable to directory traversal due to CVE-2021-32803

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container may be vulnerable to directory traversal due to CVE-2021-32803. This only affects Node.js runtime processes.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-32803
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js tar module could allow a local attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by insufficient symlink protection. An attacker could use a specially-crafted tar file containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/206717 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.0 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.1 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.2 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.3 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.4 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.5 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container2.0 with Operator

Remediation/Fixes

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 2.0

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 2.1.0 (available in CASE 2.1.0) or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.2.0-r1 or higher.

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 1.1 LTS

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 1.1.4 EUS (available in CASE 1.1.4) or higher, and ensure that all components are at 11.0.0.14-r1-eus or higher.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

See https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6239294 for information supported levels of the ACE Certified Container Operator

Change History

19 Oct 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 October 2021

UID

ibm16507033

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