Security Bulletin
Summary
GSON is used by several components in IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring to serialize/deserialize data.
Vulnerability Details
IBM X-Force ID: 217225
DESCRIPTION: Google Gson is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the deserialization of untrusted data. By using the writeReplace() method, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217225 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring | 2.0 - 2.3 FP4 |
Remediation/Fixes
To address the vulnerability, IBM strongly recommends you to upgrade IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management to 2.3 Fix Pack 5. For upgrading instructions, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-management/2.3.x?topic=installation-upgrade.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
15 Jul 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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
21 July 2022
Initial Publish date:
15 July 2022
UID
ibm16606305