Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center is vulnerable to denial of service due to Node.js Angular (CVE-2022-25844)

Summary

IBM Sterling Control Center uses Node.js Angular which is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-25844
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js Angular module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in posPre: ’ '.repeat() of NUMBER_FORMATS.PATTERNS[1].posPre. By sending a specially-crafted regex input, 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/225115 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

Product

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Version

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Remediation

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IBM Sterling Control Center

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6.2.1.0 GA through iFix10

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6.2.1.0 iFix11 Fix Central - 6.2.1.0

IBM Sterling Control Center

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6.3.0.0 GA through iFix01

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6.3.0.0 iFix02 Fix Central - 6.3.0.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None