Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection Component uses the source GzipSource and this does not handle an exception that might be raised when parsing a malformed gzip buffer. CVE-2023-3635

Summary

IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection Component uses the GzipSource does not handle an exception that might be raised when parsing a malformed gzip buffer. This may lead to denial of service of the Okio client when handling a crafted GZIP archive, by using the GzipSource class.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-3635
**DESCRIPTION:**Okio GzipSource is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by unhandled exception. By sending a specially crafted gzip buffer, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/260866 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

9.0.0 or latest (available from the Catalog under Update Available)

ibm-mas-visualinspection.v9.0.0, ibm-mas-visualinspection.v8.8.2, ibm-mas-visualinspection.v8.9.1

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None