Security Bulletin
Summary
Synthetic Playback Agent has addressed the following vulnerabilities: CVEID: CVE-2021-38493, CVEID: CVE-2021-38492
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-38492
DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the acceptance of the mk scheme when delegating navigations to the operating system. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208816 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-38493
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/208812 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)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| APM AM | 8.1.4 |
| APM SaaS | 8.1.4 |
| APM on-premise | 8.1.4 |
Remediation/Fixes
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Product Remediation
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Fix
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APM AM
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fixed in latest saas env
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APM SaaS
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fixed in latest saas env
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APM on-premis
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Synthetic Playback Agent 8.1.4 IF15
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Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
15 Dec 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:
15 December 2021
Initial Publish date:
15 December 2021
UID
ibm16526614