SB2022100317 - Security restrictions bypass in IBM Intelligent Operations Center 



SB2022100317 - Security restrictions bypass in IBM Intelligent Operations Center

Published: October 3, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022100317
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13956)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected application.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Apache HttpClient. A remote attacker can pass request URIs to the library as java.net.URI object and force the application to pick the wrong target host for request execution.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.