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Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Integration Server operands that use MQ Client nodes may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to CVE-2021-38875

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container (ACEcc) Integration Server operands contain MQ Client code for communication with MQ. ACEcc Integration Server operands that use MQ Client nodes may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability CVE-2021-38875.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-38875
DESCRIPTION:   IBM MQ 8.0, 9.0 LTS, 9.1 LTS, 9.2 LTS, 9.1 CD, and 9.2 CD is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by an error processing messages. IBM X-Force ID: 208398.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208398 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container1.1-eus 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
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container2.1 with Operator
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container3.0 with Operator

Remediation/Fixes

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 1.4, 1.5, 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 3.1.0 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring and IntegrationServer components are at 12.0.3.0-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

 

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 1.1 EUS (Extended Update Support)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 1.1.5 or higher, and ensure that all DesignerAuthoring and IntegrationServer components are at  11.0.0.15-r1-eus or higher.  Documentation on the upgrade process is available at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect/containers_eus?topic=releases-upgrading-operator

 

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

31 Jan 2022: 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:
01 February 2022

Initial Publish date:
31 January 2022

UID

ibm16552538

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