SB2022091225 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Liberty for Java for IBM Cloud

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36090)

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 ZIP archives. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35517)

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 TAR archives. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-apache-commons-compress-affect-liberty-for-java-for-ibm-cloud-cve-2021-33517-cve-2021-36090/"
• https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-apache-commons-compress-affect-liberty-for-java-for-ibm-cloud-cve-2021-33517-cve-2021-36090/</a><br>
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6498141<br><br></p>