SB20220720102 - Denial of service in IBM UrbanCode Release
Published: July 20, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB20220720102
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-2021-42340)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.The vulnerability exists due memory leak when processing HTTP connections. A remote attacker can initiate multiple HTTP connections with the web server and consume all available memory on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-urbancode-release-is-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-due-to-use-of-apache-tomcat-cve-2021-42340/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-urbancode-release-is-vulnerable-to-a-denial-of-service-due-to-use-of-apache-tomcat-cve-2021-42340/</a><br><a
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6604981"
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6604981</a><br><br><br></p>