Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to denial of service due to FasterXML jackson-databind (CVE-2022-42003)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in FasterXML jackson-databind used by IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows. IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Microsoft Windows has addressed the applicable CVE [CVE-2022-42003].

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-42003
**DESCRIPTION:**FasterXML jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a lack of a check in the primitive value deserializers when the UNWRAP_SINGLE_VALUE_ARRAYS feature is enabled. By sending a specially-crafted request using deep wrapper array nesting, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available resources.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/237662 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

For unsupported versions IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None