SB2023050513 - Deserialization of untrusted data in IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Published: May 5, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023050513
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-46877)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized JsonNode values. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability affects JDK serialization only.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.