Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Shares

Published: 2024-09-05

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	6
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-2650 CVE-2018-25032 CVE-2021-3712 CVE-2021-4160 CVE-2023-0466 CVE-2023-0465
CWE-ID	CWE-399 CWE-119 CWE-125 CWE-310 CWE-254 CWE-347
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM Aspera Shares Other software / Other software solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 6 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU76651

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-2023-2650

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when processing OCSP, PKCS7/SMIME, CMS, CMP/CRMF or TS subsystems with no message size limit. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Aspera Shares: before 1.10.0 PL4

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_aspera_shares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7167243

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) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU61671

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-25032

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when compressing data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Aspera Shares: before 1.10.0 PL4

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_aspera_shares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7167243

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.

3) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU56064

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3712

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing ASN.1 strings related to a confusion with NULL termination of strings in array. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Aspera Shares: before 1.10.0 PL4

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_aspera_shares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7167243

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.

4) Cryptographic issues

EUVDB-ID: #VU60166

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4160

CWE-ID: CWE-310 - Cryptographic Issues

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to decrypt TLS traffic.

The vulnerability exists due to BN_mod_exp may produce incorrect results on MIPS. A remote attacker can decrypt TLS traffic. According to vendor, multiple EC algorithms are affected, including some of the TLS 1.3 default curves.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires certain pre-requisites for attack, such as obtaining and reusing private keys.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Aspera Shares: before 1.10.0 PL4

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_aspera_shares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7167243

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.

5) Security features bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU74149

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0466

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error within the X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy() function, which does not perform the certificate policy check despite being implicitly enabled. A remote attacker can bypass expected security restrictions and perform MitM attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Aspera Shares: before 1.10.0 PL4

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_aspera_shares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7167243

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.

6) Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

EUVDB-ID: #VU74148

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0465

CWE-ID: CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when validating certificate policies in leaf certificates. A remote attacker that controls a malicious CA server can issue a certificate that will be validated by the application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Aspera Shares: before 1.10.0 PL4

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_aspera_shares:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7167243

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.