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Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise & IBM Integration Bus are vulnerable to a denial of service due to zlib (CVE-2018-25032)

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Summary

IBM App Connect Enterprise & IBM Integration Bus are vulnerable to a denial of service due to zlib. The fix includes zlib 1.2.12.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2018-25032
DESCRIPTION:   Zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory corruption in the deflate operation. By using many distant matches, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222615 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM App Connect Enterprise12.0.0.0 - 12.0.5.0
IBM App Connect Enterprise11.0.0.0 - 11.0.0.18
IBM Integration Bus10.0.0.0 - 10.0.0.26

 


Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying the appropriate fix to IBM App Connect Enterprise and IBM Integration Bus
 

Product(s) 

Version(s) 

APAR 

Remediation / Fix 

IBM App Connect Enterprise 

v12.0.1.0 - v12.0.5.0 

IT40714 
 
The APAR IT40714 is available in fix pack 12.0.6.0
 
 

IBM App Connect Enterprise 

v11.0.0.0 - v11.0.0.18

IT40714

 
The APAR IT40714 is available in fix pack 11.0.0.19
 
 

IBM Integration Bus 

v10.0.0.0 - v10.0.0.26 

IT40714

Interim fix for APAR (IT40714) is available from 

IBM Fix Central - Interim fix available to apply to 10.0.0.26

 

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

12 Aug 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
27 September 2022

Initial Publish date:
12 August 2022

UID

ibm16824143

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