Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Symphony with json-smart-v2 is vulnerable to a denial of service

Summary

IBM Spectrum Symphony with json-smart-v2 is vulnerable to a denial of service

Vulnerability Details

**CVEID:**CVE-2023-1370 DESCRIPTION: netplex json-smart-v2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by not limiting the nesting of arrays or objects. By sending a specially crafted input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a stack exhaustion and crash the software.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/249885 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)

**CVEID:**CVE-2021-31684 DESCRIPTION: netplex JSON Smart is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the indexOf function of JSONParserByteArray. By sending a specially-crafted web request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/202818 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 remediation or fix:

Upgrade to the latest versions of IBM Spectrum Symphony FP2 (IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3.2 with Fix 601711).

Workarounds and Mitigations

None