SB2022110405 - Denial of service in IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis
Published: November 4, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022110405
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-vulnerability-from-apache-xerces2-affect-ibm-operations-analytics-log-analysis-cve-2022-23437/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerability-from-apache-xerces2-affect-ibm-operations-analytics-log-analysis-cve-2022-23437/</a><br>
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6836835<br><br></p>