SB2023021412 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Operator and Queue manager container images 



SB2023021412 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM MQ Operator and Queue manager container images

Published: February 14, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023021412
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 20% Medium 60% Low 20%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40303)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in parse.c when processing content when XML_PARSE_HUGE is set. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


2) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-46848)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an ETYPE_OK off-by-one error in asn1_encode_simple_der in Libtasn1. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an off-by-one error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43680)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate. A remote attacker can trigger a use-after-free error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40304)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists in entities.c due to the way libxml2 handles reference cycles. The library does not anticipate that entity content can be allocated from a dict and clears it upon reference cycle detection by setting its first byte to zero. This can lead to memory corruption  issues, such as double free errors and result in a denial of service.


5) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3821)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error within the format_timespan() function in time-util.c. A local user can trigger an off-by-one error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.