Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Edge Application Manager

1) Insufficient technical documentation

EUVDB-ID: #VU101894

Risk: Low

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-51744

CWE-ID: CWE-1059 - Insufficient Technical Documentation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due due to unclear documentation of the error behavior in "ParseWithClaims". A remote attacker can trick the victim into accepting invalid tokens, which can lead to information disclosure.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Edge Application Manager: 4.5 - 4.5.8

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7179383

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) Improper error handling

EUVDB-ID: #VU101027

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-2024-21536

CWE-ID: CWE-388 - Error Handling

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to an UnhandledPromiseRejection error thrown by micromatch. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted request to the application and crash the Node.js process.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Edge Application Manager: 4.5 - 4.5.8

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7179383

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) Inefficient regular expression complexity

EUVDB-ID: #VU101895

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [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-2024-52798

CWE-ID: CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing untrusted input with a regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Edge Application Manager: 4.5 - 4.5.8

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7179383

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) Inefficient regular expression complexity

EUVDB-ID: #VU98132

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [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-2024-45296

CWE-ID: CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing untrusted input with a regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Edge Application Manager: 4.5 - 4.5.8

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7179383

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) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU101382

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36620

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in daemon/images/image_history.go. A local user can trigger crash the application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Edge Application Manager: 4.5 - 4.5.8

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7179383

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	5
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-51744 CVE-2024-21536 CVE-2024-52798 CVE-2024-45296 CVE-2024-36620
CWE-ID	CWE-1059 CWE-388 CWE-1333 CWE-476
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM Edge Application Manager Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration
Vendor	IBM Corporation