SB2022100414 - SSRF in IBM Aspera Faspex

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) 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

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-aspera-faspex-4-4-1-and-earlier-has-addressed-an-apache-vulnerabilitiy-cve-2021-40438/"
• https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-aspera-faspex-4-4-1-and-earlier-has-addressed-an-apache-vulnerabilitiy-cve-2021-40438/</a><br>
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6618947<br><br></p>