SB2022121118 - Input validation error in IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Published: December 11, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022121118
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24434)
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. A remote attacker can send a modified form to server, and crash the nodejs service. An attacker can sent the payload again and again so that the service continuously crashes.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.