Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities found in Batik Jars which are shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center(CVE-2022-44730, CVE-2022-44729)

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Batik jars which are shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center. Information about these vulnerabilities affecting IBM® Intelligent Operations Center have been published and addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-44730
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Batik is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by improper input validation. By persuading a victim to open specially crafted SVG file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack to probe user profile/data and send it directly as parameter to a URL.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264130 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-44729
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Batik is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by improper input validation. By persuading a victim to open specially crafted SVG file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct SSRF attack to cause resource consumption and obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264129 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply an interim fix that contains the fix for this issue as soon as practical.

Download the IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.5 is an upgrade to IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.4 through IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2 from the following link:

IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.5

Installation instructions for the fix are included in the readme document that is in the fix package.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None