Security Bulletin: IBM Security SOAR is using a component with known vulnerabilities - Eclipse Jetty ( CVE-2021-28163, CVE-2021-28165, CVE-2020-27223)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Security SOAR includes an older version of Eclipse Jetty that may be identified and exploited.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-28163
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when the ${jetty.base} directory or the ${jetty.base}/webapps directory is a symlink. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain webapp directory contents information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 2.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199303 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2021-28165
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input valistion. By sending a specially-crafted TLS frame, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause CPU resources to reach to 100% usage.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199305 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-2020-27223
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when handling a request containing multiple Accept headers with a large number of quality parameters. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust minutes of CPU time.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197559 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)
Resilient OnPrem	IBM Security SOAR

Remediation/Fixes

Users must upgrade to v41.0 or higher of IBM Resilient in order to obtain a fix for this vulnerability. You can upgrade the platform and apply the security updates by following the instructions in the "Upgrade Procedure" section in the IBM Documentation

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Acknowledgement

John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Nathan Roane, Vince Dragnea, Troy Fisher, Gabor Minyo and Elaheh Samani from IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team.

Change History

14 Jul 2021: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: IBM Security SOAR is using a component with known vulnerabilities - Eclipse Jetty ( CVE-2021-28163, CVE-2021-28165, CVE-2020-27223)