Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation

1) Access of Uninitialized Pointer

EUVDB-ID: #VU79586

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36054

CWE-ID: CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to the  _xdr_kadm5_principal_ent_rec() function in lib/kadm5/kadm_rpc_xdr.c does not validate the relationship between n_key_data and the key_data array count and frees an uninitialized pointer. A remote user can send a specially crafted request to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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.

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU77573

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-2023-34462

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 if no idle timeout handler was configured. A remote attacker can send a client hello packet, which leads the server to buffer up to 16MB of data per connection and results in a denial of service condition.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU81964

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39323

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing line directives (e.g. "//line") in the code. A remote attacker can bypass restrictions on "//go:cgo_" directives, allowing blocked linker and compiler flags to be passed during compilation. This can result in unexpected execution of arbitrary code when running "go build".

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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) Segmentation fault

EUVDB-ID: #VU83267

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5676

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to JVM can be forced into an infinite busy hang on a spinlock or a segmentation fault if a shutdown signal (SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGHUP) is received before the JVM has finished initializing. A local privileged user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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.

5) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU82140

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22067

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the CORBA component in Oracle Java SE. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to manipulate data.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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.

6) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU82141

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22081

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the JSSE component in Oracle GraalVM for JDK. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform service disruption.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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) Off-by-one

EUVDB-ID: #VU83508

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-47038

CWE-ID: CWE-193 - Off-by-one Error

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can trigger an off-by-one error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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) Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU83899

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46219

CWE-ID: CWE-311 - Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling HSTS long file names. When saving HSTS data to an excessively long file name, curl can end up removing all contents from the file, making subsequent requests using that file unaware of the HSTS status they should otherwise use. As a result, a remote attacker can perform MitM attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU79561

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4016

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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.

10) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

EUVDB-ID: #VU86992

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-2024-21634

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due in `ion-java` for applications that use `ion-java` to deserialize Ion text encoded data, or deserialize Ion text or binary encoded data into the `IonValue` model and then invoke certain `IonValue` methods on that in-memory representation. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU50820

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22112

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software can fail to save the SecurityContext if it is changed more than once in a single request. A remote authenticated attacker can gain elevated privileges on the target system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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.

12) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU71499

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24422

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a sandbox bypass issue. A remote user can bypass the sandbox protection and execute arbitrary code in the context of the Jenkins controller JVM.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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) Reversible One-Way Hash

EUVDB-ID: #VU69368

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45379

CWE-ID: N/A

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin stores whole-script approvals as the SHA-1 hash of the approved script. A remote user can perform collision attacks on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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.

14) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU63359

Risk: Low

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-2022-30946

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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.

15) Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files

EUVDB-ID: #VU83241

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-44483

CWE-ID: CWE-532 - Information Exposure Through Log Files

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to software stores sensitive information into log files when using the JSR 105 API. A remote user can obtain a private key when generating an XML Signature with debug level enabled.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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.

16) Stack-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU86290

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-51074

CWE-ID: CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the Criteria.parse() method. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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.

17) Overly permissive cross-domain whitelist

EUVDB-ID: #VU66447

Risk: Low

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1996

CWE-ID: CWE-942 - Overly Permissive Cross-domain Whitelist

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass the CORS protection mechanism.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of the "Origin" HTTP header that is supplied within HTTP request. A remote attacker can supply arbitrary value via the "Origin" HTTP header, bypass implemented CORS protection mechanism and perform cross-site scripting attacks against the vulnerable application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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.

18) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU82064

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-2023-39325

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 excessive consumption of internal resources when handling HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can bypass the http2.Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting by creating new connections while the current connections are still being processed, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation: before 21.0.3.30

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_cloud_pak_for_business_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7129334

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.