SB2022061527 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Siemens Products
Published: June 15, 2022 Updated: December 18, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39275)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system or perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the ap_escape_quotes() function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the web server, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system but requires that the Apache module passes untrusted data to the affected function.
According to vendor, No included modules pass untrusted data to these functions
2) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40438)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the mod_proxy module in Apache HTTP Server. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request with a chosen uri-path and trick the web server to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.