Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow due to electron

Summary

IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow due to electron (CVE-2023-4863). Electron is used for Discovery Connectors in IBM App Connect Enterprise.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-4863
**DESCRIPTION:**Google Chrome is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by WebP. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/265660 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying the appropriate fix to IBM App Connect Enterprise

Product(s)

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Version(s)

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APAR

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Remediation / Fix

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IBM App Connect Enterprise

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12.0.1.0 - 12.0.9.0

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IT44660

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The APAR (IT44660) is available from

IBM App Connect Enterprise v12 - Fix Pack 12.0.10.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None