SB2023011502 - IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data update for PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (PgJDBC)



SB2023011502 - IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data update for PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (PgJDBC)

Published: January 15, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023011502
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Improper initialization (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21724)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper initialization in pgjdbc driver when handling attacker-controlled URL in connection properties as the driver does not verify if the class implements the expected interface before instantiating the class. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted URL to the affected application and execute arbitrary code in the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.