Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager - CVE-2023-47143

 

Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager - CVE-2023-47143

Published: January 29, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85869
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-47143
CWE-ID: CWE-444
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request with a malformed Host header to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.

Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.


Affected software

IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager

How to mitigate CVE-2023-47143

Install updates from vendor's website.

IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager - update to 7.3.0.11

External References

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