Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operations Dashboard is vulnerable to denial of service [CVE-2024-36129]

Summary

OpenTelemetry is used by IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container for the Operations Dashboard. IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operations Dashboard is vulnerable to denial of service. This bulletin provides patch information to address the reported vulnerability in OpenTelemetry. [CVE-2024-36129]

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-36129
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenTelemetry OpenTelemetry Collector is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unsafe decompression vulnerability. By sending a zip bomb or decompression bomb using a specially crafted HTTP or gRPC request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a resource consumption.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/294097 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests the following:

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

If the operations dashboard is enabled, then upgrade to App Connect Enterprise Certified Container Operator version 5.0.19 or higher, and ensure that all components are at 12.0.12.3-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;

App Connect Enterprise Certified Container continuous delivery versions and 12.0 LTS (Long Term Support) versions are not affected

Workarounds and Mitigations

None