Denial of service in IBM API Connect



Published: 2022-09-07
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-27919
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		IBM API Connect
Client/Desktop applications / Office applications

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU51485

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27919

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Reader.Open API when use a ZIP archive containing files start with “../”. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted ZIP archive and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM API Connect: 10.0.0 - 2018.4.1.16

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-impacted-by-a-vulnerability-in-golang-cve-2021-27919/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6481891

Q & A

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