Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM VM Recovery Manager DR GUI

Published: 2022-09-12

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-28500 CVE-2021-23337
CWE-ID	CWE-185 CWE-77
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM VM Recovery Manager DR Other software / Other software solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU54394

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28500

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM VM Recovery Manager DR: All versions

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerability-in-lodash-affects-ibm-vm-recovery-manager-dr-gui/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6494365

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) Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU53202

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23337

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection