Main Vulnerability Database SB2022113025

SB2022113025 - Denial of service in App Connect Enterprise Certified Container

Published: November 30, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022113025

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-2022-36083)

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

The vulnerability exists due to the way application handles untrusted JWE tokens A remote attacker can trigger pass the PBKDF2-based JWE key with an extremely high PBES2 Count value and consume significant amount of CPU time, resulting in a denial of service conditions.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-app-connect-enterprise-certified-container-operands-may-be-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-due-to-cve-2022-36083/"
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-app-connect-enterprise-certified-container-operands-may-be-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-due-to-cve-2022-36083/</a>
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6837331