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Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Operator and Queue manager container images are vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities from Kubernetes, curl and systemd

Security Bulletin


Summary

Multiple issues were identified in Red Hat UBI packages Kubernetes, curl, systemd that were shipped with IBM MQ Operator and IBM supplied MQ Advanced container images

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-43552
DESCRIPTION:   cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free flaw when using an HTTP proxy. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242799 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-4415
DESCRIPTION:   systemd could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by not respecting fs.suid_dumpable kernel setting in the systemd-coredump. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242796 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-3172
DESCRIPTION:   Kubernetes kube-apiserver is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by a flaw with allowing an aggregated API server to redirect client traffic to any URL. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack to unexpected actions and the client's API server credentials to third parties.
CVSS Base score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236344 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM MQ OperatorCD:  v2.3.3 and prior releases
LTS: v2.0.11 and prior releases
IBM supplied MQ Advanced container imagesCD: 9.3.2.1-r2 and prior releases
LTS: 9.3.0.5-r2and prior releases

Remediation/Fixes

Issue mentioned by this security bulletin is addressed in IBM MQ Operator v2.4.0 CD release that included IBM supplied MQ Advanced 9.3.3.0-r1 container image and IBM MQ Operator v2.0.12 LTS release that included IBM supplied MQ Advanced 9.3.0.5-r3 container image. 
IBM strongly recommends applying the latest container images.

IBM MQ Operator 2.4.0 CD release details:

Image

Fix Version

Registry

Image Location

ibm-mq-operator

v2.4.0

icr.io

icr.io/cpopen/ibm-mq-operator@sha256:b8f1f1d07193993a08dd4c0936689495281461a6c401e70f6e8589fa77fce03f

ibm-mqadvanced-server

9.3.3.0-r1

cp.icr.io

cp.icr.io/cp/ibm-mqadvanced-server@sha256:f599bfad3698c315d580f02856b16bdda9c40ea9c733e76a9efbb2582c282ccf

ibm-mqadvanced-server-integration

9.3.3.0-r1

cp.icr.io

cp.icr.io/cp/ibm-mqadvanced-server-integration@sha256:46b037f1a9d9e680667243f7cb3f3b63312855e588aa1ad1b0907521ebeed9ab

ibm-mqadvanced-server-dev

9.3.3.0-r1

icr.io

icr.io/ibm-messaging/ibm-mqadvanced-server-dev@sha256:d1afcf4a06842ffaf2dfe6892aad4511f2f62ee40b60bceb9c76898fa20e88a0

 

IBM MQ Operator V2.0.12 LTS release details:

Image

Fix Version

Registry

Image Location

ibm-mq-operator

2.0.12

icr.io

icr.io/cpopen/ibm-mq-operator@sha256:7996b86486f3dd5e86c86a62270c1d9ad63f98c8a97d3ef47193cf33a5ee16f9

ibm-mqadvanced-server

9.3.0.5-r3

cp.icr.io

cp.icr.io/cp/ibm-mqadvanced-server@sha256:57f7401c4cfe6c2e83f522731d1419798a2239a997e65fbc254730ac7cfa49cc

ibm-mqadvanced-server-integration

9.3.0.5-r3

cp.icr.io

cp.icr.io/cp/ibm-mqadvanced-server-integration@sha256:76b7e93f31f2d6ac29de464343d1e1bb1642e779f63a218fc33bd712d3da8ae6

ibm-mqadvanced-server-dev

9.3.0.5-r3

icr.io

icr.io/ibm-messaging/ibm-mqadvanced-server-dev@sha256:36f80524aaff90e57085e56b74b5a71c923b824208ab4881583680b97bfe5000

 

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

 

Important Note for users of Operations Dashboard on IBM MQ LTS Queue Manager Container Images 9.3.0.x
When Operations Dashboard is enabled, the following IBM MQ LTS Queue Manager Container Images deploy 
Operations Dashboard Agent and Collector images that do not contain the latest security fixes available
at the time of their GA.

 - 9.3.0.5-r1 (April 2023 GA)

 - 9.3.0.5-r2 (May 2023 GA)

IBM MQ LTS Queue Managers Container Images from 9.3.0.5-r3 (June 2023 GA) onwards contain the latest available security fixes.

Mitigation: Upgrade all IBM MQ LTS 9.3.0.x Queue Managers with Operations Dashboard enabled to at least 9.3.0.5-r3
To complete this upgrade, follow the instructions in Upgrading an IBM MQ queue manager using Red Hat OpenShift.

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

13 Jun 2023: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
19 June 2023

UID

ibm17004197