Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in iText affects IBM Process Mining . CVE-2022-24196

Summary

There is a vulnerability in iText that could allow a remote attacker to execute a denial of service. The code is used by IBM Process Mining. This bulletin identifies the security fixes to apply to address the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-24196
**DESCRIPTION:**iText is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when parsing PDF files in the readStreamBytesRaw component. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218651 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

1.14.1, 1.14.0, 1.13.2, 1.13.1, 1.13.0, 1.12.0.5, 1.12.0.4

Remediation/Fixes

Remediation/Fixes guidance:

1.14.1,

1.14.0, 1.13.2, 1.13.1, 1.13.0, 1.12.0.5, 1.12.0.4

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Upgrade to version 1.14.2

1.Login to PassPortAdvantage

2. Search for
M0FHQML
Process Mining 1.14.2 Server Multiplatform Multilingual

3. Download package

4. Follow install instructions

5. Repeat for M0FHRML Process Mining 1.14.2 Client Windows Multilingual

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Workarounds and Mitigations

Workarounds/Mitigation guidance:

None known