Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Certified Container is affected by arbitrary code executiondue to GNU cpio (CVE-2021-38185)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Certified Container required cpio to be bundled with container image for application installation. This fix removes cpio package from container image as its not required now.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-38185
DESCRIPTION: GNU cpio could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow that triggers an out-of-bounds heap write in the ds_fgetstr function in dstring.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted crafted pattern 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/207047 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.0.0
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.1.0
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.2.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)	Version(s)	APAR	Remediation/Fix
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.2.0 IBM Certified Container	IT41516	Apply 6.2.0.4, see Downloading the Certified Container Software
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.1.0 IBM Certified Container	IT41516	Apply 6.2.0.4, see Downloading the Certified Container Software
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX	6.0.0 IBM Certified Container	IT41516	Apply 6.2.0.4, see Downloading the Certified Container Software

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

15 Jul 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: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for UNIX Certified Container is affected by arbitrary code executiondue to GNU cpio (CVE-2021-38185)