Security Bulletin: Platform Navigator and Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration are vulnerable to denial of service, remote code execution, and cross-site scripting due to multiple vulnerabilities in Go

Summary

Platform Navigator and Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration are vulnerable to denial of service, remote code execution, and cross-site scripting due to multiple vulnerabilities in Go with details below (CVE-2023-39323, CVE-2023-39325, CVE-2023-39319, CVE-2023-39318). The vulnerabilities have been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-39323
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper enforcement of line directive restrictions in the “//go:cgo_” directives. By providing specially crafted input in the linker and compiler flags, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. Note: The line directive requires the absolute path of the file in which the directive lives, which makes exploiting this issue significantly more complex.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268524 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-39325
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw in the net/http and x/net/http2 packages. By sending specially crafted requests using HTTP/2 client, 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/268645 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-2023-39319
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the html/template package. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/265942 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-39318
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the html/template package. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/265941 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Platform Navigator in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

Upgrade Platform Navigator to either the LTS or CD version:

LTS: 2022.2.1-14 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2022.2?topic=upgrading-platform-ui&gt;

CD: 2023.2.1-3 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2023.2?topic=upgrading-platform-ui&gt;

Automation Assets version****in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

Upgrade Automation Assets Operator to 2022.2.1-14 using the Operator upgrade process described in the IBM Documentation

<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-integration/2022.2?topic=capabilities-upgrading-automation-assets&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None