SB2023071710 - Multiple vulnerabilities in InfoSphere Information Server
Published: July 17, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1259)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect handling of HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for #VU58177 (CVE-2021-3629).
2) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4492)
CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the undertow client does not check the server identity presented by the server certificate in https connections. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack.
3) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1108)
CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop caused by an unexpected handshake status updated in SslConduit. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.