Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Edge Application Manager

Published: 2023-05-16

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-37599 CVE-2022-37601
CWE-ID	CWE-185 CWE-94
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 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU70122

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-2022-37599

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 insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed via the resourcePath variable to interpolateName() function in interpolateName.js. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Edge Application Manager: 4.3 - 4.4

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6991613

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) Prototype pollution

EUVDB-ID: #VU70123

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37601

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