SB2022090226 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Console and Aspera Shares 

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SB2022090226 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Console and Aspera Shares

Published: September 2, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022090226
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 67% Low 33%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cryptographic issues (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23839)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a faulty implementation of the padding check when server is configured to support SSLv2 protocol. A remote attacker can perform a MitM attack and force the server to use less secure protocols.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23840)

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 during EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate calls. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23841)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() function when parsing the issuer field in the X509 certificate. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted certificate, trigger a NULL pointer dereference error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References