Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Operations Dashboard
| Risk | High |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2021-22144 CVE-2021-22145 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-400 CWE-125 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available. |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Operations Dashboard Server applications / Other server solutions |
| Vendor | IBM Corporation |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU54639
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22144
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an uncontrolled recursion issue in the Elasticsearch Grok parser. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsOperations Dashboard: 2020.4.1-1 - 2021.2.1
External linkshttp://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-operations-dashboard-is-vulnerable-to-elasticsearch-go-vulnerabilities-cve-2021-22144-cve-2021-22145/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6499713
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user 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 read
EUVDB-ID: #VU67519
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22145
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in Elasticsearch error reporting. A remote attacker can submit a malformed query that would result in an error message returned containing previously used portions of a data buffer with sensitive information such as Elasticsearch documents or authentication details.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsOperations Dashboard: 2020.4.1-1 - 2021.2.1
External linkshttp://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-operations-dashboard-is-vulnerable-to-elasticsearch-go-vulnerabilities-cve-2021-22144-cve-2021-22145/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6499713
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. However, a fully functional exploit for this vulnerability is available.
