Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring is vulnerable to a denial server due to its use of Apache Xerces2 (CVE-2022-23437)

Summary

Apache Xerces2 is used by several components in IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring to process internal configuration files. This vulnerability is limited to a malicious insider who can find and manipulate these files.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-23437
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Xerces2 Java XML Parser is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop in the XML parser. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted XML document payloads, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume system resources for prolonged duration.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217982 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

To address the vulnerability, IBM strongly recommends you to upgrade IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management to 2.3 Fix Pack 5. For upgrading instructions, see <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-management/2.3.x?topic=installation-upgrade.&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None