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Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator is vulnerable to denial of service due to SnakeYAML (CVE-2017-18640)

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Summary

MyFG 2.0 of IBM Sterling B2B Integrator uses SnakeYAML. There is a denial of service vulnerability in SnakeYAML which has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2017-18640
DESCRIPTION:   SnakeYAML is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an entity expansion in Alias feature during a load operation. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174331 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator6.0.0.0 - 6.0.3.5
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator6.1.0.0 - 6.1.0.4

Remediation/Fixes

ProductVersionRemediation / Fix
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator6.0.0.0 - 6.0.3.5Apply IBM Sterling B2B Integrator version  6.0.3.6 on Fix Central
IBM Sterling B2B Integrator6.1.0.0 - 6.1.0.4Apply IBM Sterling B2B Integrator version  6.1.0.5 or 6.1.1.0 on Fix Central
 
 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

08 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
09 August 2022

UID

ibm16611241

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