Security Bulletin: Due to use of FasterXML Jackson-databind, IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring is vulnerable to a denial of service.

Summary

Jackson-databind is used by IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring, as part of converting (serializing/deserializing) data formats from XML/JSON.

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

Upgrade to IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management 2.3 fix pack 7 by following the instructions in <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-management/2.3.x?topic=upgrade-upgrading-fix-pack-7&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None