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Security Bulletin: IBM Instana Observability is affected by Vulnerabilities in Go-git with Instana Agent container image

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Summary

Vulnerabilities in Go-git were remediated in IBM Observability with Instana with Instana Agent container image build 265. (CVE-2023-49569 & CVE-2023-49568)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-49569
DESCRIPTION:   go-git could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. By sending a specially crafted request using the ChrootOS https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/osfs#ChrootOS, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create and amend files across the filesystem and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279932 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-2023-49568
DESCRIPTION:   go-git is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially crafted responses from a Git server, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger resource exhaustion in go-git clients, and results in a denial of service conditoin.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279389 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 Observability with Instana (OnPrem)Build 264

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing these vulnerabilities now by updating IBM Observability with Instana to the latest release as described here: 

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

26 Feb 2024: 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:
15 March 2024

UID

ibm17123828