Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Edge Application Manager
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 3 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2022-36109 CVE-2018-20699 CVE-2022-24769 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-269 CWE-400 CWE-264 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
IBM Edge Application Manager Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration |
| Vendor | IBM Corporation |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Improper Privilege Management
EUVDB-ID: #VU72321
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36109
CWE-ID:
CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management caused by improper setup of supplementary groups. A local user can bypass primary group restrictions and compromise the container.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsIBM Edge Application Manager: 4.3 - 4.4
External linkshttp://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6991565
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) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU64818
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20699
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker on the local network to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker on the local network can cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via a large integer in a --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus value, related to daemon/daemon_unix.go, pkg/parsers/parsers.go, and pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsIBM Edge Application Manager: 4.3 - 4.4
External linkshttp://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6991565
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the local network (LAN).
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
EUVDB-ID: #VU61600
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24769
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to containers are incorrectly started with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsIBM Edge Application Manager: 4.3 - 4.4
External linkshttp://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6991565
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.
