Input validation error in ansi-html - CVE-2021-23424

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Input validation error in ansi-html - CVE-2021-23424

Published: May 12, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76058
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23424
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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 pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

ansi-html
IBM Edge Application Manager
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)
IBM Cloud Pak System
IBM Maximo Application Suite

How to mitigate CVE-2021-23424

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) - update to 1.10.14.0
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.3.5
IBM Maximo Application Suite - update to 8.7.1

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