Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Intelligent Operations Center (IOC)

Published: 2023-09-13

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2017-12626 CVE-2017-1262
CWE-ID	CWE-835 CWE-113
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM Intelligent Operations Center Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU12842

Risk: Low

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12626

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to infinite loops while parsing specially crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros and out of Memory exceptions while parsing specially crafted DOC, PPT and XLS. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Intelligent Operations Center: 5.1.0 - 5.2.3

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7030920

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) HTTP response splitting

EUVDB-ID: #VU80740

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1262

CWE-ID: CWE-113 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Response Splitting')