SB2022061407 - Denial of service in IBM Sterling Control Center
Published: June 14, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022061407
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) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23437)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when parsing XML documents. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted XML document, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-sterling-control-center-is-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-vulnerability-due-to-apache-xerces2-java-xml-parser-cve-2022-23437-2/"
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