SB2023092111 - Deserialization of untrusted data in IBM Robotic Process Automation 



SB2023092111 - Deserialization of untrusted data in IBM Robotic Process Automation

Published: September 21, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023092111
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33008)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted JSON input that uses large numbers (numbers such as 1e20000000) to the application and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.