Incorrect Regular Expression in IBM Cloud Automation Manager



Published: 2023-05-16
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-24921
CWE-ID CWE-185
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		IBM Cloud Automation Manager
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) 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 Automation Manager: 4.2.0.1 iFix 7

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6606927


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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