Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling File Gateway

Published: 2024-02-08

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-34149 CVE-2023-34396
CWE-ID	CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM Sterling File Gateway Server applications / File servers (FTP/HTTP)
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU77228

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-2023-34149

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing lists via the getProperty() method. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Sterling File Gateway: before 6.0.3.9

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_sterling_file_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7116073

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) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU77227