Multiple vulnerabilities in Axway SecureTransport

Published: 2023-05-01

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-1436 CVE-2023-28708
CWE-ID	CWE-674 CWE-614
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	SecureTransport Server applications / File servers (FTP/HTTP)
Vendor	Axway

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU75431

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-2023-1436

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when constructing a JSONArray from a Collection that contains a self-reference in one of its elements. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SecureTransport: 5.5 - 5.5-20230330

CPE2.3

External links

https://docs.axway.com/bundle/st_rn/page/april_2023_update__5_5-20230427_.html

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) Sensitive cookie in HTTPS session without Secure attribute

EUVDB-ID: #VU73957

Risk: Low

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28708

CWE-ID: CWE-614 - Sensitive Cookie in HTTPS Session Without 'Secure' Attribute