SB2022112934 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3171)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input containing multiple instances of non-repeated embedded messages with repeated or unknown fields. A remote attacker can cause objects to be converted back-n-forth between mutable and immutable forms, resulting in potentially long garbage collection pauses.

2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3509)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing textformat data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application 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-websphere-application-server-liberty-is-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-due-to-google-protobuf-java-cve-2022-3171-cve-2022-3509/
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6841889