SB2023051633 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Edge Application Manager



SB2023051633 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Edge Application Manager

Published: May 16, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023051633
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28469)

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

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect handling of user-supplied input in regular expression. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35065)

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 when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.