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Security Bulletin: IBM Observability with Instana is affected by Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Security Bulletin


Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were remediated in IBM Observability with Instana build 271

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-5363
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an incorrect cipher key and IV length processing during the initialisation of some symmetric ciphers. By sending a specially crafted request, 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: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/269418 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-33202
DESCRIPTION:   Bouncy Castle for Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMParser class. By sending a specially crafted file, 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/272463 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-2024-28757
DESCRIPTION:   libexpat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of XML external entity (XXE) declarations by the XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate function. By using a specially crafted XML content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/285604 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Observability with Instana (OnPrem)Build 257 to 270

Remediation/Fixes

Update your existing Docker-based installation of IBM Observability with Instana (OnPrem) 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

08 May 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:
08 May 2024

Initial Publish date:
08 May 2024

UID

ibm17150532