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Security Bulletin: Platform Navigator and Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration are vulnerable to remote attack due to Go CVE-2021-44717

Security Bulletin


Summary

Platform Navigator and Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration are vulnerable to remote attack due to Go CVE-2021-44717 with details below

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-44717
DESCRIPTION:   Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in the syscall.ForkExec() interface. By causing the erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-descriptor exhaustion, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise data integrity and/or confidentiality in a somewhat uncontrolled way in programs linked with and using syscall.ForkExec().
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216563 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Platform Navigator in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)2020.4.1
2021.1.1
2021.2.1
2021.3.1
2021.4.1
Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)2020.4.1
2021.1.1
2021.2.1
2021.4.1

 


Remediation/Fixes

Platform Navigator 2020.4.1 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
Upgrade Platform Navigator 2020.4.1 to 2020.4.1-6-eus using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation 
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2020.4?topic=202041-upgrading-platform-navigator-component-deployment-interface
 
Platform Navigator version 2021.1, 2021.2, 2021.3, or 2021.4 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
Upgrade Platform Navigator to 2021.4.1-1 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation


Asset Repository version 2020.4.1 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
Upgrade Asset Repository to 2020.4.1-5-eus using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation
 
 
Asset Repository version 2021.1, 2021.2, or 2021.4 in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
Upgrade Asset Repository to 2021.4.1-3 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

04 May 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
05 May 2022

Initial Publish date:
04 May 2022

UID

ibm16582533

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