IBM315B599BAD4F5791931A11CFCD6DB5DF8F628F9EED8F69A67AF98E8B3CA6C1BCSecurity Bulletin: Flaw in Go may affect DataPower Operator (CVE-2021-44717)
5.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
4.8 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
68.7%
Summary
IBM has addressed the CVE
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2021-44717
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in the syscall.ForkExec() interface. By causing the erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-descriptor exhaustion, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise data integrity and/or confidentiality in a somewhat uncontrolled way in programs linked with and using syscall.ForkExec().
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216563 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/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) |
|---|---|
| DataPower Operator 1.2 | 1.2.0-1.2.6 |
| DataPower Operator 1.5 | 1.5.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Affected product | Fixed in version | Release notes |
|---|---|---|
| DataPower Operator 1.2 | 1.2.7 | <https://ibm.github.io/datapower-operator-doc/release-notes/eus/> |
| DataPower Operator 1.5 | 1.5.1 | <https://ibm.github.io/datapower-operator-doc/release-notes/cd/> |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm datapower gateway virtual edition | eq | 1.2 | |
| ibm datapower gateway virtual edition | eq | 1.5 |
Related
5.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
4.8 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
68.7%