SB2021021801 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Accellion FTA

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27101)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within a crafted Host header in a request to "document_root.html". A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27104)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/accellion/CVEs/blob/main/CVE-2021-27101.txt
• https://www.accellion.com/products/fta/
• https://github.com/accellion/CVEs/blob/main/CVE-2021-27104.txt