Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operands may be vulnerable to loss of integrity due to CVE-2022-1621

Summary

Vim is not used directly by IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container but is present in the operand images as part of the base operating system. Use of vim within IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container operands may be vulnerable to loss of integrity. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability CVE-2022-1621 in vim.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-1621
**DESCRIPTION:**Vim is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by vim_strncpy find_word. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226099 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container 4.1, 4.2, 5.0 (Continuous Delivery)

Upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 5.1.0 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.5.0-r2 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 5.0.1 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.6.0-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