Multiple vulnerabilities in Axway SecureTransport (October 2022)

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU67532

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40674

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the doContent() function in xmlparse.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application that is using the affected library, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SecureTransport: 5.5 - 5.5-20220929

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5-20200625:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5-20201029:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://docs.axway.com/bundle/st_rn/page/consolidated_release_notes_for_all_2022_updates.html#5.5-20221027

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) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU65834

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31160

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when initializing a checkboxradio widget on an input enclosed within a label makes that parent label contents considered as the input label. If .checkboxradio( "refresh" ) is called on such a widget and the initial HTML contains encoded HTML entities, they will erroneously get decoded and executed. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SecureTransport: 5.5 - 5.5-20220929

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5-20200625:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5-20201029:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://docs.axway.com/bundle/st_rn/page/consolidated_release_notes_for_all_2022_updates.html#5.5-20221027

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.

3) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU68832

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-2022-42004

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 application does not properly control usage of deeply nested arrays in BeanDeserializer._deserializeFromArray. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SecureTransport: 5.5 - 5.5-20220929

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5-20200625:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5-20201029:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://docs.axway.com/bundle/st_rn/page/consolidated_release_notes_for_all_2022_updates.html#5.5-20221027

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.

4) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU69673

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-2022-40149

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted XML or JSON data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SecureTransport: 5.5 - 5.5-20220929

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5-20200625:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5-20201029:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://docs.axway.com/bundle/st_rn/page/consolidated_release_notes_for_all_2022_updates.html#5.5-20221027

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.

5) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU69674

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-2022-40150

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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing untrusted XML or JSON data. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SecureTransport: 5.5 - 5.5-20220929

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5-20200625:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:axway:securetransport:5.5-20201029:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://docs.axway.com/bundle/st_rn/page/consolidated_release_notes_for_all_2022_updates.html#5.5-20221027

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.