SB2022081919 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Control Center

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31811)

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing PDF files. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31812)

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing PDF files. A remote attacker can 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-apache-pdfbox-vulnerabilities-affect-ibm-control-center-cve-2021-31811-cve-2021-31812-2/"
• https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-apache-pdfbox-vulnerabilities-affect-ibm-control-center-cve-2021-31811-cve-2021-31812-2/</a><br>
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6471699<br><br></p>