IBM Support

Security Bulletin: IBM Connect:Direct Web Services vulnerable to remote security bypass due to PostgreSQL (CVE-2022-1552)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Service uses PostgreSQL. IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services has addressed an applicable issue from PostgreSQL.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-1552
DESCRIPTION:   PostgreSQL remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an issue with not activate protection or too late with the Autovacuum, REINDEX, CREATE INDEX, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW, CLUSTER, and pg_amcheck commands. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary SQL functions under a superuser identity.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226521 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services1.0
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services6.1.0
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services6.2.0
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services6.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s)Version(s)Remediation
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services1.0Apply 6.0.0.9, available  on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services6.0Apply 6.0.0.9, available  on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services6.1Apply 6.1.0.13, available  on Fix Central
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services6.2Apply 6.2.0.8, available  on Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins

Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this.

References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

Off

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

17 Aug 2022: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SS7KR7","label":"IBM Connect:Direct Web Services"},"Component":"","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"}],"Version":"6.0","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB59","label":"Sustainability Software"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
24 August 2022

UID

ibm16615005

Page Feedback