Security Bulletin: Open Source Dependency Vulnerability

Summary

IBM Edge Application Manager 4.5 has resolved the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-43784
**DESCRIPTION:**Open Container Initiative runc could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an integer overflow in netlink bytemsg length field. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to override netlink-based container configuration to disable namespace protections entirely.
CVSS Base score: 6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214558 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-29162
**DESCRIPTION:**Open Container Initiative runc could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an issue with runc exec --cap executed processes with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. By executing specially-crafted programs, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226393 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The fix/upgrade is a set of docker images, that will automatically be pulled and deployed from both dockerhub and the IBM Entitled Registry.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None