Security Bulletin: IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) is vulnerable to denial of service due to Jettison-json (CVE-2022-45693, CVE-2022-45685)

Summary

Jettison-json is used by IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) for parsing JSON data. A remote authenticated user may cause high memory usage by sending a request containing specially crafted JSON data. (CVE-2022-45693, CVE-2022-45685)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-45693
**DESCRIPTION:**Jettison is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow. By sending a specially-crafted request using the map parameter, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242274 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-45685
**DESCRIPTION:**Jettison is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow. By sending an overly long string using JSON data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242596 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

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly suggests the following:

Upgrade to any of 6.2.7.20,7.0.5.15, 7.1.2.11, 7.2.3.4, or 7.3.1.0 or later

Workarounds and Mitigations

None