Security Bulletin: IBM PowerVM Novalink is vulnerable because IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty vulnerable to GraphQL Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw. (CVE-2022-37734)

Summary

IBM PowerVM Novalink is vulnerable because IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty vulnerable to GraphQL Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw. By sending a specially-crafted request using Directive overloading, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-37734
**DESCRIPTION:**GraphQL Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw. By sending a specially-crafted request using Directive overloading, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235781 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)

Affected Products and Versions

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Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading based on the table below.

Update to pvm-novalink_2.0.3.1.1-221121

PowerVM Novalink| 2.0.1|

Update to pvm-novalink_2.0.3.1.1-221121

Update to pvm-novalink_2.0.1-220923

PowerVM Novalink| 2.0.2| Update to pvm-novalink_2.0.3.1.1-221121
PowerVM Novalink| 2.0.2.1| Update to pvm-novalink_2.0.3.1.1-221121
PowerVM Novalink| 2.0.3| Update to pvm-novalink_2.0.3.1.1-221121
PowerVM Novalink| 2.0.3.1| Update to pvm-novalink_2.0.3.1.1-221121

Workarounds and Mitigations

None