Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Common Licensing

Published: 2023-02-13

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-42003 CVE-2022-42004
CWE-ID	CWE-502 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM Common Licensing Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU68635

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42003

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data when the UNWRAP_SINGLE_VALUE_ARRAYS feature is enabled. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Common Licensing: before 9.0.0.6

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_common_licensing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6890611

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU68832