Security Bulletin: vulnerabilities in Apache Commons Compress affect IBM Workload Scheduler.

Summary

IBM Workload Scheduler is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Commons Compress that can cause denial of service (CVE-2024-25710, CVE-2024-26308)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-25710
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted DUMP file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283472 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-2024-26308
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted Pack200 file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283469 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)

Affected Products and Versions

9.5 to 9.5.0.6

Security 2023.03

IBM Workload Scheduler| 10.1 to 10.1.0.4
IBM Workload Scheduler| 10.2 to 10.2.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading IBM Workload Scheduler.

APAR IJ52193 has been opened to address the Apache Commons Compress vulnerability for IBM Workload Scheduler.
APAR IJ52193 has been included in 9.5.0.7, 10.1.0.5, 10.2.2 version, available on Fix Central.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None