SB20240417114 - SolarWinds Web Help Desk update for third-party components

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46589)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests when parsing malformed trailer headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request 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) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22243)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing URL with the UriComponentsBuilder component. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.

3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23672)

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. A remote attacker can keep WebSocket connections open for a long time to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/WHD/Content/release_notes/whd_12-8-2_release_notes.htm