SB2024082841 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Application Performance Management 



SB2024082841 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Application Performance Management

Published: August 28, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024082841
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 27
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 19% Medium 67% Low 15%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 27 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25168)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the FileUtil.unTar(File, File) API. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36479)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.CGI Servlet when quoting a command before its execution. A remote user can force the application to execute arbitrary file on the server and potentially compromise the system.


3) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23437)

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when parsing XML documents. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted XML document, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


4) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2625)

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can send a malformed XML input to the application, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


5) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0881)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the UI Infrastructure (Apache Xerces2 Java Parser) component in Oracle Transportation Management. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


6) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4002)

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


7) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-51775)

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion via large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


8) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-125087)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.


9) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8009)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct a directory traversal attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of files inside an archive file. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into extracting a zip file that contains files that use directory traversal characters, cause a malicious file to be created outside the current working directory and cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code by overwriting other files on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Note: the vulnerability has been dubbed "Zip Slip".


10) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15713)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

Vulnerability in Apache Hadoop 0.23.x, 2.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.3, and 3.0.0-alpha through 3.0.0-beta1 allows a cluster user to expose private files owned by the user running the MapReduce job history server process. The malicious user can construct a configuration file containing XML directives that reference sensitive files on the MapReduce job history server host.


11) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26612)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to missing symbolic links checks when extracting files from TAR archives on Windows. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted archive and overwrite files on the system.


12) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8029)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions for the API interface. A remote authenticated user can use vulnerable API endpoint to execute arbitrary YARN commands on the system as root.


13) Observable discrepancy (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33850)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to timing-based side channel in the RSA Decryption implementation. A remote attacker can send an overly large number of trial messages for decryption and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


14) Inadequate Encryption Strength (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32342)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to IBM GSKit is using weak cryptographic algorithms. A remote attacker can send an overly large number of trial messages for decryption and perform a timing-based side channel attack against the RSA Decryption implementation.


15) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20945)

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Security component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. A local authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.


16) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20926)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Scripting component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.


17) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20919)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Hotspot component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to manipulate data.


18) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20921)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Hotspot component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.


19) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20918)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Hotspot component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read and manipulate data.


20) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20952)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Security component in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read and manipulate data.


21) XML Entity Expansion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5644)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A local user can pass a specially crafted OOXML file to the affected application and perform a denial of service attack.


22) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12415)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input when using the tool XSSFExportToXml to convert user-provided Microsoft Excel documents. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and read files from the local filesystem or from internal network resources on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.


23) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5000)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A local user can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted XML code and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.


24) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13956)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected application.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Apache HttpClient. A remote attacker can pass request URIs to the library as java.net.URI object and force the application to pick the wrong target host for request execution.


25) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1498)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Apache HttpClient 4.x before 4.1.1 in Apache HttpComponents, when used with an authenticating proxy server, sends the Proxy-Authorization header to the origin server, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging this header.


26) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3577)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper certificate validation. A remote attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack and spoof SSL servers via a "CN=" string in a field in the distinguished name (DN) of a certificate.


27) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6153)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Commons HttpClient does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and modify files on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.