Deial of service in Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Published: 2022-12-01

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-36087
CWE-ID	CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU67186

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36087

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 within uri_validate functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data: 4.0.0 - 4.5.3

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_watson_discovery_for_ibm_cloud_pak_for_data:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-watson-discovery-for-ibm-cloud-pak-for-data-affected-by-vulnerability-in-oauthlib/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6840933

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?