SB2024111515 - IBM App Connect Enterprise update for OpenSSL
Published: November 15, 2024 Updated: November 28, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6119)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error when performing certificate name checks. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted X.509 certificate to the server, trigger a type confusion error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-5535)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the SSL_select_next_proto() function when using NPN. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.