Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Operations Dashboard



| Updated: 2023-09-07
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2021-22144
CVE-2021-22145
CWE-ID CWE-400
CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available.
Vulnerable software
 Operations Dashboard
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU54639

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22144

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to an uncontrolled recursion issue in the Elasticsearch Grok parser. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Operations Dashboard: 2020.4.1-1 - 2021.2.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-operations-dashboard-is-vulnerable-to-elasticsearch-go-vulnerabilities-cve-2021-22144-cve-2021-22145/
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6499713


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU67519

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22145

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

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

The vulnerability exists in Elasticsearch error reporting. A remote attacker can submit a malformed query that would result in an error message returned containing previously used portions of a data buffer with sensitive information such as Elasticsearch documents or authentication details.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Operations Dashboard: 2020.4.1-1 - 2021.2.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-operations-dashboard-is-vulnerable-to-elasticsearch-go-vulnerabilities-cve-2021-22144-cve-2021-22145/
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6499713


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. However, a fully functional exploit for this vulnerability is available.



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