Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Global Mailbox

Published: 2023-03-17

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-3509 CVE-2022-3171
CWE-ID	CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM Sterling Global Mailbox (GM) Server applications / Mail servers
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU69670

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3509

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing textformat data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Sterling Global Mailbox (GM): before 6.1.2.2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6963956

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU69293