Security Bulletin: IBM Datapower Operations Dashboard to a denial of service caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw

Summary

Apache Johnzon is used by the IBM Datapower Operations Dashboard in its JSON processing.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-33008
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Johnzon is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unsafe deserialization flaw in BigDecimal. By sending a specially crafted JSON input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a slow conversion, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/259976 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Fixed in 1.0.20.0
https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?fixids=DPOD-1.0.20.0&product=ibm%2FWebSphere%2FWebSphere%20DataPower%20SOA%20Appliances&source=dbluesearch&mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=dpod&function=fixId&parent=ibm/WebSphere

Workarounds and Mitigations

None