SB2023110713 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
Published: November 7, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29406)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in HTTP/1 client when handling HTTP Host header. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request with a maliciously crafted Host header and inject additional headers or entire requests.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking attacks.
2) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29409)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to verifying certificate chains containing large RSA keys is slow. A remote attacker can cause a client/server to expend significant CPU time verifying signatures.
3) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39533)
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 resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.