SB20240827123 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cloud Pak for Data
Published: August 27, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12723)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) áttack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the recursive "S_study_chunk" calls. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted regular expression , trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
2) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10543)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in nested regular expression quantifiers. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow, leading to heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
3) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10878)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow related to mishandling of a "PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING" situation. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted regular expression, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.