Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Global Mailbox

Published: 2023-03-17

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-3509 CVE-2022-3171
CWE-ID	CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM Sterling Global Mailbox (GM) Server applications / Mail servers
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU69670

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-2022-3509

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 when parsing textformat data. 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 Sterling Global Mailbox (GM): before 6.0.3.8

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_sterling_global_mailbox_gm:*:*:*:*:*:ibm_sterling_b2b_integrator:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6963956

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU69293