Security Bulletin: IBM Content Navigator is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to Apache Commons Compress (CVE-2024-26308, CVE-2024-25710)

Summary

Apache Commons Compress is used by IBM Content Navigator to work with archive files. CVE-2024-26308, CVE-2024-25710

Vulnerability Details

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)

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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)|**Version(s)
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IBM Content Navigator| 3.0.15
IBM Content Navigator| 3.0.14
IBM Content Navigator| 3.0.11

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.