SB2023011862 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Infrastructure Technology

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31805)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation caused by incomplete fix for #VU48815 (CVE-220-17530). Still some of the tag's attributes could perform a double evaluation if a developer applied forced OGNL evaluation by using the %{...} syntax. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

2) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42889)

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

The vulnerability exists due to an insecure variable interpolation when processing untrusted input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted input and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

Note, the vulnerability was dubbed Text4shell.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2023.html?917626