Security Bulletin: IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact is vulnerable to SQL injection due to Postgresql JDBC driver (CVE-2023-45178)

Summary

The Postgresql JDBC driver is shipped with IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact as a part of it’s data source adapter connectivity. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting Postgresql JDBC driver has been published in a security bulletin. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-1597
**DESCRIPTION:**PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (PgJDBC) is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements when using the non-default connection property preferQueryMode=simple in combination with application code that has a vulnerable SQL that negates a parameter value, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.
CVSS Base score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283693 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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Workarounds and Mitigations

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