SB2023022124 - Input validation error in IBM B2B Advanced Communications 



SB2023022124 - Input validation error in IBM B2B Advanced Communications

Published: February 21, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023022124
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000873)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into deserializing of crafted input with specifically very large values in the nanoseconds field of a time value and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.