Security Bulletin: Denial of Service vulnerability affects IBM Business Automation Workflow (IBM X-Force ID 270419)

Summary

IBM Business Automation Workflow is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.

Vulnerability Details

**IBM X-Force ID:**270419
**DESCRIPTION:**Enterprise Security API for Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the HTTPUtilities.getFileUploads methods. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/270419 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

V23.0.2 - V23.0.2-IF001
V23.0.1 all fixes
V22.0.2 all fixes
V22.0.1 all fixes
V21.0.3 - V21.0.3-IF028
V21.0.2 all fixes
V20.0.0.2 all fixes
V20.0.0.1 all fixes

| affected
IBM Business Automation Workflow traditional| V23.0.1 - V23.0.2
V22.0.1 - V22.0.2
V21.0.1 - V21.0.3.1
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
V19.0.0.1 - V19.0.0.3| affected

For earlier and unsupported versions of the products, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version of the product.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the Interim Fix (iFix) or Cumulative Fix (CF) containing APAR DT260813 as soon as practical.

V23.0.1
V22.0.1 - V22.0.2
V21.0.1 - V21.0.3.0
V20.0.0.1 - V20.0.0.2
V19.0.0.1 - V19.0.0.3
V18.0.0.1 - V18.0.0.3

| Upgrade to a long term support release or the latest SSCD version. See IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Integration Designer Software Support Lifecycle Addendum

Workarounds and Mitigations

None