IBM Edge Application Manager update for trim-newlines



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-33623
CWE-ID CWE-185
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		IBM Edge Application Manager
Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU63709

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33623

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Edge Application Manager: 4.3 - 4.4

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6991557


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.



###SIDEBAR###