Type conversion in IBM Security SOAR

Published: 2023-01-25

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-10735
CWE-ID	CWE-704
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM Security SOAR Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Type conversion

EUVDB-ID: #VU67760

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10735

CWE-ID:

Exploit availability:

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion in algorithms with quadratic time complexity when using non-binary bases within the int() call. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the affected application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Security SOAR: before 47.2

Fixed software versions

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_security_soar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6857247

Q & A

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