SB2022090611 - Denial of service in IBM App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
Published: September 6, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022090611
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) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33196)
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 parsing archives. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted .zip file to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-app-connect-enterprise-certified-container-may-be-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-via-cve-2021-33196/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-app-connect-enterprise-certified-container-may-be-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-via-cve-2021-33196/</a><br>
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6488895<br><br></p>