SB2022071108 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Operator

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39293)

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of archive/zip in Go programming language when processing archive header. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39038)

CWE-ID: CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform clickjacking attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data, when REST API discovery is configured through the WebSphere administrative console Web Container settings to enable the API Discovery service, or through IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty features mpOpenAPI-1.0, mpOpenAPI-1.1, mpOpenAPI-2.0, apiDiscovery-1.0, openapi-3.0 or openapi-3.1. A remote attacker can perform clickjacking attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-mq-operator-and-queue-manager-container-images-are-vulnerable-to-vulnerabilities-from-golang-go-and-ibm-websphere-application-server-liberty-cve-2021-39293-and-cve-2021-39038/
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6602255