SB2022111404 - Denial of service in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct File Agent
Published: November 14, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022111404
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-2022-42004)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control usage of deeply nested arrays in BeanDeserializer._deserializeFromArray. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-sterling-connectdirect-file-agent-is-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-due-to-fasterxml-jackson-databind-cve-2022-42004/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-sterling-connectdirect-file-agent-is-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-due-to-fasterxml-jackson-databind-cve-2022-42004/</a><br>
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6838821<br><br></p>