Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services is vulnerable to denial of service due to FasterXML jackson-databind (CVE-2022-42004)

Summary

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services has addressed a denial of service vulnerability due to FasterXML jackson-databind.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-42004
**DESCRIPTION:**FasterXML jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a lack of a check in in the BeanDeserializer._deserializeFromArray function. By sending a specially-crafted request using deeply nested arrays, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available resources.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/237660 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)|Version(s)|**Remediation
**
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IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 1.0| Apply 6.0.0.12, available on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.0| Apply 6.0.0.12, available on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.1| Apply 6.1.0.16, available on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services| 6.2| Apply 6.2.0.12, available on Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None