SB2023122102 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium
Published: December 21, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Double Free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39975)
CWE-ID: CWE-415 - Double Free
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the free_req_info(). A remote attacker send a specially crafted request to trigger a double free error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34042)
CWE-ID: CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect permission assignment for spring-security.xsd. A local administrator can write arbitrary file on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.