SB2021100412 - IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data update for Apache PDFBox

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31811)

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 when processing PDF files. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31812)

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing PDF files. A remote attacker can 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-ibm-watson-discovery-for-ibm-cloud-pak-for-data-affected-by-vulnerability-in-apache-pdfbox-2/"
• https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-watson-discovery-for-ibm-cloud-pak-for-data-affected-by-vulnerability-in-apache-pdfbox-2/</a></p><p>
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6492211</p><p><br></p>