Security Bulletin: IBM Workload Scheduler potentially affected by vulnerability CVE-2022-32149

Summary

A Denial of Service vulnerability (CVE-2022-32149) has been found in Golang and potentially affects IBM Workload Scheduler 9.5 and IBM Workload Scheduler 10.1

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-32149
**DESCRIPTION:**Golang Go is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation by the golang.org/x/text/language package. By sending a specially-crafted Accept-Language header, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause ParseAcceptLanguage to take significant time to parse, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/238605 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

APAR IJ44021 has been opened to address Golang vulnerability affecting IBM Workload Scheduler.
APAR IJ44021 is already included in IBM Workload Scheduler 9.5.0.6 Security Update, and in IBM Workload Scheduler 10.1.0.1 already available on FixCentral.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None