Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for June 2022

Security Bulletin

Summary

In addition to many updates of operating system level packages, the following security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation 21.0.2-IF012 and 21.0.3-IF010.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-43138
DESCRIPTION: Async could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by prototype pollution in the mapValues() method. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223605 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-24434
DESCRIPTION: Node.js dicer module is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially-crafted form to server, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the node.js service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/227085 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-23712
DESCRIPTION: Elasticsearch is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation of user requests. By sending a specifically crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/228310 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-25878
DESCRIPTION: Node.js protobufjs module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw. By adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a __proto__ or constructor payload, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/227327 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)	Status
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.3 - V21.0.3-IF009	affected
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.2 - V21.0.2-IF011	affected
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.1 - V21.0.1-IF007 V20.0.1 - V20.0.3 V19.0.1 - V19.0.3 V18.0.0 - V18.0.2	affected

Remediation/Fixes

Any open source library may be included in one or more sub-components of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation. Open source updates are not always synchronized across all components. The CVEs in this bulletin are specifically addressed by

CVE ID	Addressed in component
CVE-2021-43138	Business Automation Studio component
CVE-2022-24434	Business Automation Application component
CVE-2022-23712	Business Automation Workflow component (Process Federation Server)
CVE-2022-25878	Business Automation Application component

The recommended solution is to apply the June 2022 security fix as soon as practical.

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)	Remediation / Fix
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.3 - V21.0.3-IF009	Apply security fix 21.0.3-IF010
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.2 - V21.0.2-IF011	Apply security fix 21.0.2-IF012 or upgrade to 21.0.3-IF010
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation	V21.0.1 - V21.0.1-IF008 V20.0.1 - V20.0.3 V19.0.1 - V19.0.3 V18.0.0 - V18.0.2	Upgrade to 21.0.2-IF012 or 21.0.3-IF010 or 22.0.1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

01 July 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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Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities are addressed with IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation iFixes for June 2022