Security Bulletin: IBM Synthetic Playback Agent is vulnerable due to its use of Apache Commons Text [CVE-2022-42889]

Summary

Synthetic Playback Agent version 8.1.4 IF17 has addressed the following vulnerability: [CVE-2022-42889]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-42889
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Text could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an insecure interpolation defaults flaw. By sending a specially-crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238560 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests the following remediation / fix be applied:

Product Remediation

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Fix

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APM AM

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fixed in latest saas env

APM SaaS

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fixed in latest saas env

APM on-premises

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Synthetic Playback Agent 8.1.4 IF17

Download link: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FIBM+Application+Performance+Management+Advanced&fixids=8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-SYNTHETIC-PLAYBACK-AGENT-IF0017&source=SAR

Readme: <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6847849&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None