Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services

Published: 2025-02-21

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-10976 CVE-2016-2193
CWE-ID	CWE-269 CWE-254
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services Server applications / Other server solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Improper privilege management

EUVDB-ID: #VU100511

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-10976

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management in cases where a subquery, WITH query, security invoker view, or SQL-language function references a table with a row-level security policy. A remote user can bypass implemented security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to the database in cases where role-specific policies are used and a given query is planned under one role and then executed under other roles.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services: 6.1.0 - 6.1.0.26

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7181893

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Security Features

EUVDB-ID: #VU40402