Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor



Published: 2022-12-04 | Updated: 2024-01-19
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 17
CVE-ID CVE-2022-24823
CVE-2022-42889
CVE-2022-34165
CVE-2022-23772
CVE-2022-28327
CVE-2022-24921
CVE-2022-24675
CVE-2022-23806
CVE-2022-23773
CVE-2021-21290
CVE-2022-33987
CVE-2022-35256
CVE-2022-35255
CVE-2022-36033
CVE-2022-42004
CVE-2022-42003
CVE-2021-2163
CWE-ID CWE-378
CWE-94
CWE-444
CWE-400
CWE-190
CWE-185
CWE-120
CWE-252
CWE-863
CWE-312
CWE-601
CWE-330
CWE-79
CWE-502
CWE-20
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Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available.
Public exploit code for vulnerability #9 is available.
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Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 17 vulnerabilities.

1) Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions

EUVDB-ID: #VU62849

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24823

CWE-ID: CWE-378 - Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of insecure permissions for temporary files. A local user can view contents of temporary files and gain access to sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU68307

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 9.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42889

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an insecure variable interpolation when processing untrusted input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted input and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Note, the vulnerability was dubbed Text4shell.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

3) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests

EUVDB-ID: #VU69209

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34165

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.

Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

4) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU62038

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23772

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the Rat.SetString(0 function in math/big. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

5) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU64269

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28327

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the Golang's library crypto/elliptic. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted scalar input longer than 32 bytes to cause P256().ScalarMult or P256().ScalarBaseMult to panic and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

6) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU61227

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24921

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 an error in regexp.Compile in Go. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

7) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU64266

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24675

CWE-ID: CWE-120 - Buffer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists in the Golang's library encoding/pem. A remote attacker can send to victim a large (more than 5 MB) PEM input to cause a stack overflow in Decode and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

8) Unchecked Return Value

EUVDB-ID: #VU62036

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23806

CWE-ID: CWE-252 - Unchecked Return Value

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to unchecked return value within the Curve.IsOnCurve() function in crypto/elliptic. A remote attacker can force the application to incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element. As a result, an attacker can modify application flow, which can lead to unauthorized data modification or denial of service.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

9) Incorrect authorization

EUVDB-ID: #VU62037

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23773

CWE-ID: CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists within cmd/go, which can misinterpret branch names that falsely appear to be version tags. This can lead to  a situation where an attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions and perform restricted actions, e.g. create tags when access was granted to create branches only.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

10) Cleartext storage of sensitive information

EUVDB-ID: #VU51835

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21290

CWE-ID: CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure usage of temporary files in AbstractDiskHttpData method in Netty. The application stores sensitive information in temporary file that has insecure permissions. A local user can view application's temporary file and gain access to potentially sensitive data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

11) Open redirect

EUVDB-ID: #VU66400

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-33987

CWE-ID: CWE-601 - URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect victims to arbitrary URL.

The vulnerability exists due to requested URLs are not verified and allow open redirection to a local UNIX socket. A remote attacker can create a link that leads to a trusted website, however, when clicked, redirects the victim to arbitrary domain.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to perform a phishing attack and steal potentially sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

12) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests

EUVDB-ID: #VU67850

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-35256

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.

Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

13) Use of insufficiently random values

EUVDB-ID: #VU67849

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-35255

CWE-ID: CWE-330 - Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to decrypt sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen within the SecretKeyGenTraits::DoKeyGen() in src/crypto/crypto_keygen.cc. A remote attacker can decrypt sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

14) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU66756

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36033

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of HTML code within the jsoup cleaner, including javascript: URL expressions when the non-default SafeList.preserveRelativeLinks option is enabled. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

15) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU68832

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42004

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control usage of deeply nested arrays in BeanDeserializer._deserializeFromArray. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

16) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU68635

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42003

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data when the UNWRAP_SINGLE_VALUE_ARRAYS feature is enabled. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.

17) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU52449

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-2163

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Libraries component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to manipulate data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor: before 3.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-transformation-advisor-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-vulnerabilities-6/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831799


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.



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