Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite

Published: 2023-07-13

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-21681 CVE-2022-21680
CWE-ID	CWE-185
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Maximo Manage Application in IBM Maximo Application Suite Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU76062

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-2022-21681

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 regular expression `inline.reflinkSearch` may cause catastrophic backtracking against some strings. 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

Maximo Manage Application in IBM Maximo Application Suite: before 8.4.6

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:maximo_manage_application_in_ibm_maximo_application_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6958016

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.

2) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU76061