Denial of service in IBM FileNet Content Manager and IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU63904

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30973

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the "StandardsText" class in the StandardsExtractingContentHandler. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM FileNet Content Manager: before 5.5.9.0 IF001

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 22.0.1.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-security-vulnerability-in-apache-tika-used-by-content-collector-for-email-in-content-search-services-container-affected-not-vulnerable/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6606657

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.