SB2020110621 - Prototype pollution in IBM Cloud Automation Manager

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SB2020110621 - Prototype pollution in IBM Cloud Automation Manager

Published: November 6, 2020 Updated: May 16, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2020110621
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Prototype pollution (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10747)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the "set-value" function fails to validate which Object properties it updates.  A remote attacker can modify the prototype of Object using any of the constructor, prototype and "_proto_ payloads", causing the addition or modification of an existing property on all objects, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References