SB2023051660 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in IBM Cloud Automation Manager 



SB2023051660 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in IBM Cloud Automation Manager

Published: May 16, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023051660
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24771)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to a improper signature verification when checking the digestAlgorithm structure. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use a specially-crafted structure to steal padding bytes and use unchecked portion of the PKCS#1 encoded message to exploit this vulnerability and forge a signature when a low public exponent is being used.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.