SB2023071018 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 

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SB2023071018 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Discovery Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Published: July 10, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023071018
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41881)

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the HaProxyMessageDecoder when parsing a TLV with type of "PP2_TYPE_SSL". A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted message to consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


2) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43797)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to preform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests when processing control chars present at the beginning / end of the header name. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.

Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References