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JR64497: SECURITY APAR - LUCENE-9981 DENIAL OF SERVICE VULNERABILITY MAY AFFECT IBM BAW

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Third Party Entry:   216835
    DESCRIPTION:   Apache Lucene is vulnerable to a denial of
    service. By sending a specific regular expression query, a
    remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all
    available CPU resources.
    CVSS Base score: 7.5
    CVSS Temporal Score: See:
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216835 for
    the current score.
    CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • No additional information is available.
    
    PRODUCT AFFECTED:
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    

Problem conclusion

  • A fix that prevents search queries containing regular
    expressions is available on supported releases.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    JR64497

  • Reported component name

    BUS AUTO WORKFL

  • Reported component ID

    5737H4100

  • Reported release

    L00

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2022-01-17

  • Closed date

    2022-04-06

  • Last modified date

    2022-04-06

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    BUS AUTO WORKFL

  • Fixed component ID

    5737H4100

Applicable component levels

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SS8JB4","label":"IBM Business Automation Workflow"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"21.0.2","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
24 August 2022