Multiple vulnerabilities in Primavera Gateway

Published: 2022-07-19

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-23437 CVE-2020-36518
CWE-ID	CWE-835 CWE-787
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Primavera Gateway Server applications / Application servers
Vendor	Oracle

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU59965

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23437

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when parsing XML documents. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted XML document, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Primavera Gateway: 17.12.0 - 21.12.1

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html?504241

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU61799