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Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Global Mailbox is vulnerable to denial of service due to CKeditor WYSIWYG editor (CVE-2021-26271, CVE-2021-26272)

Security Bulletin


Summary

CKeditor WYSIWYG editor is shipped with IBM Sterling Global Mailbox. Denial of service vulnerabilities impact CKeditor WYSIWYG editor. Remediation is available for the issues.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-26271
DESCRIPTION:   CKEditor is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the Advanced Tab for Dialogs plugin. By persuading a victim to paste specially-crafted text into the Styles input of specific dialogs, 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/195665 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-2021-26272
DESCRIPTION:   CKEditor is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the Autolink plugin. By persuading a victim to paste specially-crafted URL-like text, 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/195667 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 Sterling Global Mailbox6.1.x
IBM Sterling Global Mailbox6.0.x

Remediation/Fixes

Refer to the following security bulletins for vulnerability details and information about fixes addressed by Apache CXF which is/are shipped with Global Mailbox.

Product(s)

Version(s)

Instructions

IBM Sterling Global Mailbox

6.0.3.5

See B2Bi v6.0.3.5 section below

IBM Sterling Global Mailbox

6.1.0.3

See B2Bi v6.1.0.3 section below

IBM Sterling Global Mailbox

6.1.1.0

See B2Bi v6.1.1.0 section below

B2Bi v6.0.3.5 -

IIM

Sterling B2B Integrator

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Sterling+B2B+Integrator&release=6.0.3.3&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=6.0.3.5-OtherSoftware-B2Bi-All&includeSupersedes=0

 

Sterling File Gateway

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Sterling+File+Gateway&release=6.0.3.3&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=6.0.3.5-OtherSoftware-SFG-All&includeSupersedes=0

 

Docker

Sterling B2B Integrator

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Sterling+B2B+Integrator&release=6.0.3.3&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=6.0.3.5-OtherSoftware-B2Bi-Docker-All&includeSupersedes=0

 

Sterling File Gateway

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Sterling+File+Gateway&release=6.0.3.3&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=6.0.3.5-OtherSoftware-SFG-Docker-All&includeSupersedes=0

 

B2Bi v6.1.1.0 -

Documentation Link https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/b2b-integrator/6.1.1

What’s New in 6.1.1.0 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/b2b-integrator/6.1.1?topic=integrator-whats-new-in-6110

Note:-

  • 6.1.1.0 is an IIM only release.
  • 6.1.1.0 is available only on passport advantage.

 

B2Bi v6.1.0.3 -

Sterling B2B Integrator

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Sterling+B2B+Integrator&release=6.1.0.2&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=6.1.0.3-OtherSoftware-B2Bi-All&includeSupersedes=0

 

Sterling File Gateway

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm%7EOther%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/Sterling+File+Gateway&release=6.1.0.2&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=6.1.0.3-OtherSoftware-SFG-All&includeSupersedes=0

 

Certified Container edition images and Helm charts are now available for download from IBM Entitled Registry (ER) and IBM public chart repository, respectively.

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator V6.1.0.3

  • Certified Container Image

cp.icr.io/cp/ibm-b2bi/b2bi:6.1.0.3

  • Helm Chart

https://github.com/IBM/charts/blob/master/repo/ibm-helm/ibm-b2bi-prod-2.0.3.tgz

IBM Sterling File Gateway V6.1.0.3

  • Certified Container Image

cp.icr.io/cp/ibm-sfg/sfg:6.1.0.3

  • Helm Chart

https://github.com/IBM/charts/blob/master/repo/ibm-helm/ibm-sfg-prod-2.0.3.tgz

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins

References

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Change History

14 Feb 2022: 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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Document Information

Modified date:
22 February 2022

Initial Publish date:
14 February 2022

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