SB2024090209 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Observability with Instana
Published: September 2, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-43804)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to urllib does not strip the "Cookie" HTTP header during cross-origin HTTP redirects. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
2) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35195)
The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the session object does not verify requests after making first request with verify=False. A local administrator can bypass authentication.
3) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32681)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to requests has been leaking Proxy-Authorization headers to destination servers when redirected to an HTTPS endpoint. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45803)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to urllib3 does not remove the HTTP request body when redirecting HTTP response using status codes 301, 302, or 303, after the request had its method changed from one that could accept a request body (e.g. from POST to GET). A remote attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information.
5) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37891)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to Prox-Authorization header is not stripped during cross-origin redirects when using urllib3's proxy support with ProxyManager. A remote attacker can gain obtain proxy credentials used by the library.
6) Origin validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3618)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to a logic error in TLS implementation when handling different protocols but using compatible certificates, such as multi-domain or wildcard certificates. A remote attacker with ability to perform TCP/IP layer MitM attack can redirect traffic from one subdomain to another, resulting in a valid TLS session. This breaks the authentication of TLS and cross-protocol attacks may be possible where the behavior of one protocol service may compromise the other at the application layer.
This attack technique was dubbed ALPACA (application layer protocol content confusion
attack).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.