Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in xercesImpl library affects IBM Engineering Test Management (ETM) (CVE-2022-23437)

Summary

This Security Vulnerablity has been addressed in IBM Engineering Test Management. A fix is available to address the vulnerability.

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

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading and applying the suggested fix that uses upgraded version of xercesImpl.

Suggested :

Product(s)|**Version(s)
**|Remediation/Fix/Instructions
—|—|—
Engineering Test Management | 7.0.1|

Download and apply ETM 7.0.1 iFix23 from Fix Central here

Engineering Test Management | 7.0.2| Download and apply ETM 7.0.2 iFix25 from Fix Central here

Workarounds and Mitigations

None