Security Bulletin: App Connect Enterprise Certified Container is vulnerable to an infinite read loop (CVE-2020-16845)

Summary

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container is vulnerable to an infinite read loop that would cause the Operator to become unresponsive.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-16845
**DESCRIPTION:**Go Language is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite read loop in ReadUvarint and ReadVarint in encoding/binary. By sending a specially-crafted input, 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/186375 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container to Operator version 1.0.4 (available in CASE 1.0.4).

Workarounds and Mitigations

None