Use-after-free in IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU51834

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20227

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing SELECT queries in "src/select.c" if a subquery with both a correlated WHERE clause and a "HAVING 0" clause is used and the parent query is an aggregate. A remote attacker can execute a specially crafted query to trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions: before 7.4.0.2.16

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-addressing-the-sqlite-vulnerability-cve-2021-20227/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6474245

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.