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Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Secure Proxy is vulnerable to multiple issues

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Summary

Multple vulnerabilities affect IBM Sterling Secure Proxy and are addressed in the latest release and iFix.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-41900
DESCRIPTION:   Eclipse Jetty could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper authentication validation when using the optional nested LoginService. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions.
CVSS Base score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/266185 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-40167
DESCRIPTION:   Jetty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP/1 request header. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/266353 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-36479
DESCRIPTION:   Eclipse Jetty could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an errant command quoting flaw in the org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.CGI Servlet. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/266435 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-38039
DESCRIPTION:   cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by not limiting the number and size of headers accept in a response. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to run out of heap memory, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/265946 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-41678
DESCRIPTION:   Apache ActiveMQ could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization in the Jolokia component. By sending specially crafted input, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/272445 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-46182
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Sterling Secure Proxy is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/269692 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-22045
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause low confidentiality impacts.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/261047 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-22049
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow a remote attacker to cause low integrity impacts.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/261048 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-34169
DESCRIPTION:   The Apache Xalan Java XSLT library could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer truncation issue when processing malicious XSLT stylesheets. By using specially crafted XSLT stylesheets, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/231489 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-47162
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Sterling Secure Proxy is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/270973 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-46179
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Sterling Secure Proxy does not set the secure attribute on authorization tokens or session cookies. Attackers may be able to get the cookie values by sending a http:// link to a user or by planting this link in a site the user goes to. The cookie will be sent to the insecure link and the attacker can then obtain the cookie value by snooping the traffic.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/269683 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-45177
DESCRIPTION:   IBM MQ Appliance 9.2 CD, 9.3 LTS, and 9.3 CD is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to an error within the MQ clustering logic. IBM X-Force ID: 268066.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268066 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-47147
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Sterling Secure Proxy could allow an attacker to overwrite a log message under specific conditions.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/270598 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2018-8088
DESCRIPTION:   SLF4J could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in org.slf4j.ext.EventData in the slf4j-ext module in QOS.CH. By sending specially-crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access restrictions.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/140573 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-36478
DESCRIPTION:   Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an integer overflow and buffer allocation in MetaDataBuilder.checkSize. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268413 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-44487
DESCRIPTION:   Multiple vendors are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in handling multiplexed streams in the HTTP/2 protocol. By sending numerous HTTP/2 requests and RST_STREAM frames over multiple streams, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service due to server resource consumption.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268044 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-22081
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JSSE component could allow a remote attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, no integrity impact, and low availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268929 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-22067
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the CORBA component could allow a remote attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268928 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-5676
DESCRIPTION:   Eclipse OpenJ9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when a shutdown signal (SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGHUP) is received before the JVM has finished initializing. By sending a specially crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite busy hang on a spinlock or a segmentation fault.
CVSS Base score: 4.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/271615 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-2976
DESCRIPTION:   Google Guava could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw with using Java's default temporary directory for file creation in FileBackedOutputStream. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access the files in the default Java temporary directory, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258199 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-47699
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Sterling Secure Proxy is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/270974 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-46604
DESCRIPTION:   Apache ActiveMQ and ActiveMQ Legacy OpenWire Module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization in the class types in the OpenWire protocol. By sending specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/269795 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-46181
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Sterling Secure Proxy allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/269686 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-24839
DESCRIPTION:   Sparkle Motion Nokogiri is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError exception when parsing ill-formed HTML markup in the fork of org.cyberneko.html. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/224089 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Secure Proxy6.0.3
IBM Secure Proxy6.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading ...

ProductVersionRemediation/Fix
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy6.0.3iFix 11 downloaded from Fix Central
IBM Sterling Secure Proxy6.1.0iFix 03 downloaded from Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

14 Mar 2024: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 March 2024

UID

ibm17142038