Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Summary

IBM Security Guardium has addressed these vulnerabilities with an update.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2018-17336
**DESCRIPTION:**UDisks could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a format string vulnerability in udisks_log in udiskslogging.c. By using a specially-crafted string, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information or caused a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150344 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2020-10543
**DESCRIPTION:**Perl is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in the nested regular expression quantifiers. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183203 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-10878
**DESCRIPTION:**Perl could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow related to the mishandling of a PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING situation. By using a specially-crafted regular expression, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183204 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-12723
**DESCRIPTION:**Perl is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow in regcomp.c. By using a specially crafted regular expression, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183205 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-2020-10713
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. By injecting a malicious payload, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass Secure Boot protections and execute arbitrary code within GRUB. Note: This vulnerability is also known as BootHole.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186056 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-14311
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in grub_ext2_read_link. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186060 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-14308
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the grub_malloc function. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186057 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-14309
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in grub_squash_read_symlink. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186058 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-14310
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in read_section_from_string. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186059 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-15705
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 could allow a local authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of kernel signature when booted directly without shim. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass secure boot to perform arbitrary actions.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186061 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-15706
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free in the grub_script_function_create function when redefining a function during execution. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186062 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-15707
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in grub_cmd_initrd and grub_initrd_init. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186063 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-20900
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tools could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper SAML token signature verification. By utilize man-in-the-middle attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform VMware Tools Guest Operations
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264792 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-22576
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper authentication validation when reuse OAUTH2-authenticated connections. By sending a specially-crafted request using user + “other OAUTH2 bearer”, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass access authentication validation.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225291 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-27544
**DESCRIPTION:**HCL BigFix Platform could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the transfer of SMTP credentials in clear text. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain SMTP credentials information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/231502 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-27545
**DESCRIPTION:**HCL BigFix Platform is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the email administrative configuration page. A local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 4.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/231503 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-27775
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a logic error in the config matching function. By sending a specially-crafted request using IPv6, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause libcurl to reuse the wrong connection to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225295 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-27776
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when asked to send custom headers or cookies in its HTTP requests. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain authentication or cookie header data information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225296 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None