SB2022102707 - Denial of service in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty
Published: October 27, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022102707
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-2022-37734)
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 attacker can trigger send a specially crafted GraphQL query and consume available CPU resources, resulting in a denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-websphere-application-server-liberty-is-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-due-to-graphql-java-cve-2022-37734/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-websphere-application-server-liberty-is-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-due-to-graphql-java-cve-2022-37734/</a><br>
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6832094<br><br></p>