SB2023090751 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring



SB2023090751 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring

Published: September 7, 2023 Updated: October 25, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2023090751
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 7
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 71% Low 29%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 7 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34165)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.

Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37734)

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. A remote attacker can trigger send a specially crafted GraphQL query and consume available CPU resources, resulting in a denial of service.


3) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39038)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform clickjacking attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data, when REST API discovery is configured through the WebSphere administrative console Web Container settings to enable the API Discovery service, or through IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty features mpOpenAPI-1.0, mpOpenAPI-1.1, mpOpenAPI-2.0, apiDiscovery-1.0, openapi-3.0 or openapi-3.1. A remote attacker can perform clickjacking attack.


4) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-25031)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted URL to display remote OpenAPI definitions.


5) Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-46708)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted URL to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim.


6) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24998)

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

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Commons FileUpload does not limit the number of request parts. A remote attacker can initiate a series of uploads and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


7) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28867)

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. A remote attacker can send a crafted GraphQL query that causes stack consumption.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.