Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU77803

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-2023-36617

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 insufficient input validation when parsing URL. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted URL to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU74004 (CVE-2023-28755).

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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.

2) Open redirect

EUVDB-ID: #VU85369

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26159

CWE-ID: CWE-601 - URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect victims to arbitrary URL.

The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of user-supplied data within the url.parse() function. A remote attacker can create a link that leads to a trusted website, however, when clicked, redirects the victim to arbitrary domain.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to perform a phishing attack and steal potentially sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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.

3) PHP file inclusion

EUVDB-ID: #VU72703

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2603

CWE-ID: CWE-98 - Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect input validation when including PHP files in web/ajax/modal.php. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected application, include and execute arbitrary PHP code on the system with privileges of the web server.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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.

4) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU76757

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-2023-2602

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the error handling in the __wrap_pthread_create() function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request, exploit vulnerability to exhaust the process memory and cause a denial of service condition.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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.

5) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU81322

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-43804

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to urllib does not strip the "Cookie" HTTP header during cross-origin HTTP redirects. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

6) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU84037

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-34062

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that Reactor Netty HTTP Server is configured to serve static resources.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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.

7) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU83580

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-2023-34054

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP requests to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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.

8) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests

EUVDB-ID: #VU83533

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46589

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests when parsing malformed trailer headers. 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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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.

9) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU81728

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 5.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-44487

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improperly control of consumption for internal resources when handling HTTP/2 requests with compressed HEADERS frames. A remote attacker can send a sequence of compressed HEADERS frames followed by RST_STREAM frames and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack, a.k.a. "Rapid Reset".

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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?

Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.

10) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU81800

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-42795

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when recycling various internal objects. A remote attacker can force Tomcat to skip some parts of the recycling process leading to information leaking from the current request/response to the next.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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.

11) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU82638

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-2023-46695

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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 during NFKC normalization. A remote attacker can pass a very large number of Unicode characters to "django.contrib.auth.forms.UsernameField" and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability affects Windows installations only.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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.

12) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU66189

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29154

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote server to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error within the rsync client  when processing file names. A remote malicious server overwrite arbitrary files in the rsync client target directory and subdirectories on the connected peer.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

13) Security restrictions bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU10307

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5764

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security controls on the target system.

The weakness exists in the parse_arguments() function in 'options.c' due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send multiple '--protect-args' values and  bypass the argument-sanitization protection mechanism.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

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.

14) Improper Privilege Management

EUVDB-ID: #VU85903

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2002-0080

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to rsync, when running in daemon mode, does not properly call setgroups before dropping privileges. A local user can get supplemental group privileges to read certain files that would otherwise be disallowed.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cloud Pak for Network Automation: before 2.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:cloud_pak_for_network_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7113524

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.