Security Bulletin: Rational Asset Analyzer is vulnerable to denial of service due to GraphQL Java (CVE-2022-37734)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty used by Rational Asset Analyzer. This vulnerability is located in the GraphQL Java library used by IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, with the mpGraphQL-1.0 or mpGraphQL-2.0 feature enabled. This has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-37734
**DESCRIPTION:**GraphQL Java is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw. By sending a specially-crafted request using Directive overloading, 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/235781 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

Apply the corresponding fix from FIX Central. Note the release date of 2022/11/16

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None