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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities may affect IBM Business Automation Workflow - CVE-2018-25031, CVE-2021-23369, CVE-23383

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Business Automation Workflow may be affected by vulnerabilities in swagger-ui.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2018-25031
DESCRIPTION:   swagger-ui could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to display remote OpenAPI definitions.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217346 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-23369
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js handlebars module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a flaw when selecting certain compiling options to compile templates coming from an untrusted source.. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199768 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-23383
DESCRIPTION:   handlebars could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by prototype pollution when selecting certain compiling options to compile templates coming from an untrusted source. By sending a a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201205 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Status
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV22.0.1affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV22.0.1 - V22.0.1-IF001affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV21.0.3 before V21.0.3.1affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV21.0.3 - V21.0.3-IF011affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV21.0.1 - V21.0.2
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
V19.0.0.1 - V19.0.0.3
V18.0.0.0 - V18.0.0.1
affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow containersV21.0.1 - V21.0.2
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
affected

 


Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR JR65073 as soon as practical.

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)Remediation / Fix
IBM Business Automation Workflow ContainersV22.0.1 - V22.0.1-IF001Apply 22.0.1-IF002 or
upgrade to a later version than V22.0.1 if available
IBM Business Automation Workflow ContainersV21.0.3 - V21.0.3-IF011Apply 21.0.3-IF012 or
upgrade to a later version than V22.0.1 if available
IBM Business Automation Workflow ContainersV21.0.1 - V21.0.2
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
Upgrade to V21.0.3 and apply 21.0.3-IF012 or
upgrade to V22.0.1 and apply 22.0.1-IF002 or
upgrade to a later version than V22.0.1 if available
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditionalV22.0.1
V21.0.1 - V21.0.3
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
V19.0.0.1 - V19.0.0.3
V18.0.0.0 - V18.0.0.2
Apply JR65073.

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

07 Oct 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:
07 October 2022

Initial Publish date:
07 October 2022

UID

ibm16827893