SB2022110304 - Denial of service in IBM Business Automation Workflow
Published: November 3, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022110304
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34917)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote non-authenticated attacker with ability to establish a network connection with the Apache Kafka broker can consume all available memory resources on the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-denial-of-service-vulnerability-affect-ibm-business-automation-workflow-cve-2022-34917/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-denial-of-service-vulnerability-affect-ibm-business-automation-workflow-cve-2022-34917/</a><br>
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6833892<br><br></p>