Security Bulletin
Summary
Eclipse Jetty has reported multiple vulnerabilities. IBM Secure External Authentication Server has addressed the applicable vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-2047
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the HttpURI class. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to the HttpClient and ProxyServlet/AsyncProxyServlet/AsyncMiddleManServlet wrongly interpreting an authority with no host as one with a host.
CVSS Base score: 2.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/230668 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2022-2048
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the error handling of an invalid HTTP/2 request. By sending specially-crafted HTTP/2 requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to become unresponsive, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/230670 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-2021-34429
DESCRIPTION: Eclipse Jetty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper access control. By sending a specially-crafted URI, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the content of the WEB-INF directory, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205596 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Sterling External Authentication Server | 6.0.3 |
| IBM Sterling External Authentication Server | 2.4.3.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Product | VRMF | iFix | Remediation |
| IBM Sterling External Authentication Server | 6.0.3 | iFix 04 | Fix Central - 6030 |
| IBM Sterling External Authentication Server | 3.4.3.2 | iFix 16 | Fix Central - 2432 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
29 Jul 2022: Initial Publication
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
29 July 2022
Initial Publish date:
29 July 2022
UID
ibm16608554