Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Integrated Analytics System

Published: 2022-02-21 | Updated: 2022-06-03

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-23840 CVE-2021-23841
CWE-ID	CWE-20 CWE-476
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM Integrated Analytics System Web applications / Other software
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU50745

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23840

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input during EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate calls. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Integrated Analytics System: 1.0.0 - 1.0.27.0

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerability-in-openssl-affects-ibm-integrated-analytics-system-6/
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6557172

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) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU50740