Security Bulletin: Addressing the Security vulnerability CVE-2022-23437,CVE-2009-2625,CVE-2012-0881,CVE-2013-4002 found in xercesImpl-2.9.1.jar and its previous versions affects ITCAM for Transactions

Summary

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager (ITCAM) for Transactions - Transaction Tracking has addressed the following xercesImpl-2.9.1.jar vulnerability and updated xercesImpl.jar from version 2.5.0 to 2.12.2 and its dependency xml-apis.jar to version 2.5.0

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-23437
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Xerces2 Java XML Parser is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop in the XML parser. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted XML document payloads, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume system resources for prolonged duration.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217982 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2009-2625
**DESCRIPTION:**Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in Apache Xerces2 Java. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted XML input, to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop and hang.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53082 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2012-0881
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Xerces2 Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the XML service. By sending a specially crafted message to an XML service, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume available CPU resources from the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134404 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2013-4002
**DESCRIPTION:**A denial of service vulnerability in the Apache Xerces-J parser used by IBM Java could result in a complete availability impact on the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85260 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

ITCAM for Transaction Tracking 7.4.0.2 IFix 22 - 7.4.0.2-TIV-CAMTT-IF0022

Workarounds and Mitigations

None