Security Bulletin
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities were remediated in IBM Observability with Instana within Instana Agent container image build 290
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: VMware Tanzu Spring Framework could provide weaker than expected security, caused by a flaw related to disallowedFields patterns in DataBinder is case insensitive. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CWE: CWE-178: Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 3.1
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2024-43485
DESCRIPTION: Microsoft .NET and Visual Studio are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an algorithmic complexity flaw. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CWE: CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
CVSS Source: Microsoft
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2025-24790
DESCRIPTION: Snowflake JDBC provides a JDBC type 4 driver that supports core functionality, allowing Java program to connect to Snowflake. Snowflake discovered and remediated a vulnerability in the Snowflake JDBC Driver. On Linux systems, when temporary credential caching is enabled, the Snowflake JDBC Driver will cache temporary credentials locally in a world-readable file. This vulnerability affects versions 3.6.8 through 3.21.0. Snowflake fixed the issue in version 3.22.0.
CWE: CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-24789
DESCRIPTION: Snowflake JDBC provides a JDBC type 4 driver that supports core functionality, allowing Java program to connect to Snowflake. Snowflake discovered and remediated a vulnerability in the Snowflake JDBC Driver. When the EXTERNALBROWSER authentication method is used on Windows, an attacker with write access to a directory in the %PATH% can escalate their privileges to the user that runs the vulnerable JDBC Driver version. This vulnerability affects versions 3.2.3 through 3.21.0 on Windows. Snowflake fixed the issue in version 3.22.0.
CWE: CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path
CVSS Source: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-30105
DESCRIPTION: Microsoft .NET is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CWE: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-38809
DESCRIPTION: VMware Tanzu Spring Framework is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request containing ETags from "If-Match" or "If-None-Match" request headers, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CWE: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source: GitHub, Inc.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2024-38827
DESCRIPTION: The usage of String.toLowerCase() and String.toUpperCase() has some Locale dependent exceptions that could potentially result in authorization rules not working properly.
CWE: CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Observability with Instana (Agent) | Build 286 to 289 |
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
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) | Remediation/Fixes/Instructions |
| IBM Observability with Instana (OnPrem) | Build 286 to 289 | Build 290 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
26 Feb 2025: Initial Publication
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
14 April 2025
Initial Publish date:
26 February 2025
UID
ibm17184181