Security Bulletin: Due to the use of XStream, IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks (CVE-2022-40153)

Summary

XStream is used in ITNCM to serialize XML data and may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DoS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by causing a stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-40153
**DESCRIPTION:**XStream is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow. By sending a specially-crafted XML data, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to causes the parser to crash, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236356 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

ITNCM 6.4.2 Fix Pack 17 can be downloaded from Fix Central: 6.4.2-TIV-ITNCM-FP017

Workarounds and Mitigations

None