Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operands and operator may be vulnerable to denial of service due to [CVE-2022-41725]

Summary

IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operator and operands may be vulnerable to denial of service. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability in Golang Go. [CVE-2022-41725]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-41725
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when perform multipart form parsing with mime/multipart.Reader.ReadForm. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume largely unlimited amounts of memory and disk files, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/248957 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests the following:
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 4.1.x to 8.0.x (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 8.1.0 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.8.0-r1 or higher. Documentation on the upgrade process is available at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect/containers_cd?topic=releases-upgrading-operator&gt;

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 5.0 LTS (Long Term Support)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 5.0.6 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.8.0-r1-lts or higher. Documentation on the upgrade process is available at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/app-connect-contlts?topic=releases-upgrading-operator&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None