IT43444: IBM STORAGE INSIGHTS SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-46161

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• CVEID: CVE-2022-46161
  Description: pdfmake is an open source client/server side PDF
  printing in pure JavaScript. In versions up to and including
  0.2.5 pdfmake contains an unsafe evaluation of user controlled
  input. Users of pdfmake are thus subject to arbitrary code
  execution in the context of the process running the pdfmake
  code. There are no known fixes for this issue. Users are advised
  to restrict access to trusted user input.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Storage Insights users                                   *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * SECURITY APAR FOR:                                           *
  * CVE-2022-46161                                               *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is contained in the following release:
  
  IBM Storage Insights 2Q23   [ 54X-IBM-SI ]
  ( 2Q 2023 / May )
  
  To protect IBM Storage Insights against emerging
  security vulnerabilities, the service was updated to
  protected against vulnerabilities.
  
  No action is required, there is nothing that you need
  to do following the IBM Storage Insights upgrade.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  STORAGE INSIGHT

• Fixed component ID

  5608TPCSI

Applicable component levels