Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Data System

Published: 2024-03-12

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-26137 CVE-2020-7212
CWE-ID	CWE-93 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM Cloud Pak for Data System Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) CRLF injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU47403

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26137

CWE-ID: CWE-93 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary data in server response.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of attacker-supplied data passed via the "method" parameter. A remote authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application containing CR-LF characters and modify application behavior.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cloud Pak for Data System: before 2.0.2.1.IF1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7135620

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: #VU26108

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-2020-7212

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion