SB2024012925 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager
Published: January 29, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-47143)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request with a malformed Host header to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-47144)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and 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.
3) Missing Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-47142)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges within the application.
The vulnerability exists due to missing authorization at certain API endpoints. A remote attacker on the local network can send a specially crafted HTTP request and escalate privileges within the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.