Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy - CVE-2022-35720

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Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy - CVE-2022-35720

Published: September 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU81037
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-35720
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A local user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


Affected software

IBM Sterling External Authentication Server
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy

How to mitigate CVE-2022-35720

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Sterling External Authentication Server - update to 6.1.0.0 iFix02
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy - update to 6.0.3 iFix 06

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