SB2021091540 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Automation Manager 



SB2021091540 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Automation Manager

Published: September 15, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021091540
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29469)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources, when a client is in monitoring mode. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.


2) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31597)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper certificate validation caused by an error interpreting the rejectUnauthorized value. A remote attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.