Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Control Center

Published: 2022-11-25

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-3733 CVE-2021-4160
CWE-ID	CWE-399 CWE-310
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM Sterling Control Center Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU58295

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3733

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application within the AbstractBasicAuthHandler class in urllib. A remote attacker with control over the server can perform regular expression denial of service attack during authentication.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Sterling Control Center: 6.1.3.0 - 6.1.3.0.13

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-sterling-control-center-vulnerable-to-multiple-issues-to-due-ibm-cognos-analystics-cve-2022-4160-cve-2021-3733/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6841269

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) Cryptographic issues

EUVDB-ID: #VU60166

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4160

CWE-ID: CWE-310 - Cryptographic Issues