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Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation 2.6 addresses multiple security vulnerabilities

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Summary

IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation 2.6 addresses multiple security vulnerabilities, listed in the CVEs below.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-25647
DESCRIPTION:   Google Gson is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the deserialization of untrusted data. By using the writeReplace() method, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217225 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-2976
DESCRIPTION:   Google Guava could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw with using Java's default temporary directory for file creation in FileBackedOutputStream. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access the files in the default Java temporary directory, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258199 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-22569
DESCRIPTION:   Google Protocol Buffer (protobuf-java) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an issue with allow interleaving of com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet fields. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a timeout in ProtobufFuzzer function, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216851 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-33201
DESCRIPTION:   The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java (bc-java) could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by not validating the X.500 name of any certificate in the implementation of the X509LDAPCertStoreSpi.java class. By using blind LDAP injection attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258653 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-20883
DESCRIPTION:   VMware Tanzu Spring Boot is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when Spring MVC is used together with a reverse proxy cache. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255809 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-2023-24540
DESCRIPTION:   Go is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code into a template containing whitespace characters outside of the character set "\t\n\f\r\u0020\u2028\u2029", which when viewed, would execute in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/256132 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-13936
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Velocity could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a sandbox bypass flaw. By modifying the Velocity templates, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197993 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-29400
DESCRIPTION:   Golang Go is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code into the templates, which when parsed, would execute in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255427 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-31690
DESCRIPTION:   VMware Tanzu Spring Security could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system. By modifying a request initiated by the Client (via the browser) to the Authorization Server, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/239738 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-24539
DESCRIPTION:   Go is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code into a template containing multiple actions separated by a '/' character, which when viewed, would execute in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/256136 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation2.5

Remediation/Fixes

As per CVEs listed above

IBM strongly suggests the following remediation / fixes:

IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation v2.6 can be deployed on-premises.

Please go to https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-network-auto/2.6.0 to follow the installation instructions relevant to your chosen architecture.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.  Upgrade to the latest version.

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

04 Sep 2023: 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:
04 September 2023

UID

ibm17030469