Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability in golang affects IBM Cloud Automation Manager

Security Bulletin

Summary

A security vulnerability in golang affects IBM Cloud Automation Manager.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-44717
DESCRIPTION: Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in the syscall.ForkExec() interface. By causing the erroneous closing of file descriptor 0 after file-descriptor exhaustion, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise data integrity and/or confidentiality in a somewhat uncontrolled way in programs linked with and using syscall.ForkExec().
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216563 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Cloud Automation Manager	4.2.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

Download IBM Cloud Automation Manager 4.2.0.1 iFix 6 from https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+Cloud+Private&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=icp-cam-3.2.1-build601049&includeSupersedes=0

Follow the instructions in Readme link in https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/WebSphere/IBM+Cloud+Private&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=icp-cam-3.2.1-build601049&includeSupersedes=0 to install the iFix 6 to your IBM Cloud Automation Manager 4.2.0.1.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

09 Mar 2022: 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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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability in golang affects IBM Cloud Automation Manager