SB2022092203 - Multiple vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty
Published: September 22, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36090)
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 ZIP archives. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35517)
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 TAR archives. A remote attacker can 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-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-apache-commons-compress-affect-websphere-application-server-liberty-cve-2021-33517-cve-2021-36090/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-apache-commons-compress-affect-websphere-application-server-liberty-cve-2021-33517-cve-2021-36090/</a><br>
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6489683<br><br></p>