Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerability have been identified in fontbox-1.8.1.jar which is shipped with IBM® Intelligent Operations Center. Information about this vulnerability affecting IBM® Intelligent Operations Center have been published and addressed the applicable CVEs.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-8036
DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory exception in AFMParser. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145592 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
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) | 5.1.0, 5.1.0.2, 5.1.0.3, 5.1.0.4, 5.1.0.6, 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3 |
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to apply an interim fix that contains the fix for this issue as soon as practical.
Download the IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.4 is an upgrade to IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.3 through IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2 from the following link:
IBM Intelligent Operations Center Version 5.2.4
Installation instructions for the fix are included in the readme document that is in the fix package.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
05 Sep 2023: 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.
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
05 September 2023
UID
ibm17030622