SB2025011563 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36373)

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 when processing TAR archives. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36374)

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 when processing ZIP archives. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2098)

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

The vulnerability exists due to algorithmic complexity in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing stream (BZip2CompressorOutputStream). A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-apache-ant-affect-ibm-infosphere-information-server/