SB2022122906 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium 

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SB2022122906 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium

Published: December 29, 2022 Updated: March 25, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2022122906
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 33% Medium 33% Low 33%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39166)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote user can obtain sensitive information inside of an HTTP response.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34917)

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. A remote non-authenticated attacker with ability to establish a network connection with the Apache Kafka broker can consume all available memory resources on the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42889)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an insecure variable interpolation when processing untrusted input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted input and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Note, the vulnerability was dubbed Text4shell.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References