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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect IBM Sterling External Authentication Server

Security Bulletin


Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities affect IBM Sterling External Authentication Server. These vulnerabilities have been addressed in the latest iFix.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-33502
DESCRIPTION:   Node.js normalize-url module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw in the data URLs. By using a specially-crafted regex input, 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/202299 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-2022-35720
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Sterling External Authentication Server uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms during installation that could allow a local attacker to decrypt sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/231373 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

IBM X-Force ID:   232247
DESCRIPTION:   axios could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the leak of sensitive information in the cookie header. By persuading a victim to connect a specially-crafted Web site, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/232247 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server6.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

ProductVRMFRemediation
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server6.1.06.1.0.0 iFix02 on Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

31 Jan 2023: 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:
31 January 2023

UID

ibm16890669