SB2024020228 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 13 vulnerabilities.

1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49083)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

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 NULL pointer dereference error when calling the load_pem_pkcs7_certificates() or load_der_pkcs7_certificates() functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PKCS7 blob/certificate certificate to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Insufficient entropy (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31582)

CWE-ID: CWE-331 - Insufficient Entropy

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to brute-force JWT token.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of insufficient entropy when generating JWT token. A remote attacker can brute-force the JWT token and gain unauthorized access to the application.

3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5870)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

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

The vulnerability exists due to pg_cancel_backend rolse signals background workers, including the logical replication launcher, autovacuum workers and the autovacuum launcher. A remote privileged user can abuse this behavior and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

4) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5869)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in array modification. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

5) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5868)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

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

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application in the aggregate function calls when handling "unknown"-type arguments. A remote user can read parts of system memory.

6) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39417)

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the extension script @substitutions@, which uses @extowner@, @extschema@, or @extschema:...@ inside a quoting construct. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

7) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4759)

CWE-ID: CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to overwrite files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to an insecure link following. A remote attacker can place a specially crafted symbolic link into the repository, trick the victim into cloning it and overwrite arbitrary files on the system.

8) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50947)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

9) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46673)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the Simulate Pipeline API. A remote user can pass malformed scripts to the script processor of an Ingest Pipeline and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

10) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-43642)

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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 missing upper bound check on chunk length. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

11) Open redirect (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26159)

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

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

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.

12) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29159)

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

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

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.

13) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33008)

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted JSON input that uses large numbers (numbers such as 1e20000000) to the application and perform a denial of service attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7114419