Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Security is vulnerable to Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

Summary

The product includes vulnerable components (e.g., framework libraries) that may be identified and exploited with automated tools. IBM has addressed the relevant vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-21721
**DESCRIPTION:**Next.js is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the i18n functionality. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218419 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-21676
**DESCRIPTION:**Engine.IO is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncaught exception on the Engine.IO server. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217345 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-2022-23181
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Tomcat could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a time of check, time of use flaw when configured to persist sessions using the FileStore. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform actions with the privileges of Tomcat process.
CVSS Base score: 7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218221 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-0778
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the BN_mod_sqrt() function when parsing certificates. By using a specially-crafted certificate with invalid explicit curve parameters, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite loop, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221911 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-2022-0355
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js simple-get module ccould allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper protection to the cookie header. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack an user account.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218204 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-21670
**DESCRIPTION:**markdown-it is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending specially-crafted patterns, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217205 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-21227
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js sqlite3 module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation by the toString function. By sending a specially-crafted input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the V8 engine to crash, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225552 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-0512
**DESCRIPTION:**unshift.io url-parse module for NPM could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improperly handeling username and password. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass hostname validation.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219768 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-0686
**DESCRIPTION:**unshift.io url-parse module for NPM could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an issue with unable to find the correct hostname when no port number is provided in the url. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform SSRF, open redirect or other attacks depends on the hostname field of parsed url.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220105 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-0691
**DESCRIPTION:**unshift.io url-parse module for NPM could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of \b (backspace) character. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass hostname validation and leads to false positive in the extractProtocol() function.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220107 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-0639
**DESCRIPTION:**unshift.io url-parse module for NPM could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by incorrect conversion of @ in protocol in the href. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass hostname validation.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219864 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-41092
**DESCRIPTION:**Docker CLI could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when running “docker login my-private-registry.example.com” command with a misconfigured configuration file. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain credentials information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210712 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Please upgrade to CP4S 1.10.1.0 following instructions at <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-security/1.10?topic=installing-upgrading-cloud-pak-security&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None