Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM DataPower Gateway

Published: 2021-12-22 | Updated: 2025-02-20

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-32626 CVE-2021-32675
CWE-ID	CWE-122 CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM DataPower Gateway Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU57036

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32626

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing specially crafted Lua scripts. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger 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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM DataPower Gateway: 10.0.1.0 - 2018.4.1.18

CPE2.3

External links

https://github.com/redis/redis/releases/tag/5.0.14
https://github.com/antirez/redis/releases/tag/6.0.16
https://github.com/antirez/redis/releases/tag/6.2.6

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU57034