Security Bulletin
Summary
Resilient App Host uses higher permissions than required for containers hosted on it which may be exploited by a malicious application.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-29802
DESCRIPTION: IBM Security SOAR performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
CVSS Base score: 5.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/204059 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Resilient OnPrem | IBM Security SOAR |
Remediation/Fixes
Users must upgrade to v1.6.1 or higher of IBM Resilient App Host in order to obtain a fix for this vulnerability. You can upgrade the platform and apply the security updates by following the instructions in the "Upgrade the App Host" section in the IBM Documentation
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Rodney Ryan, John Zuccato, Chris Shepherd, Troy Fisher, Vincent Dragnea, Nathan Roane, Gabor Minyo, and Geoffrey Owden from the IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team
Change History
18 Aug 2021: 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.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
19 August 2021
UID
ibm16482689