Security Bulletin: IBM Storage Fusion HCI is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, denial of server due to aiohttp, cryptography.

Summary

aiohttp, cryptography and Gunicorn are used by IBM Storage Fusion HCI as part of the Backup and Restore service and may be vulnerable to the CVEs listed below. CVE-2024-23829, CVE-2024-23334, CVE-2024-1135, CVE-2024-26130.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-23829
**DESCRIPTION:**aio-libs aiohttp is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP header. By sending a specially crafted HTTP(S) header, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281080 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-23334
**DESCRIPTION:**aio-libs aiohttp could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper validation of user request. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281079 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-1135
**DESCRIPTION:**Gunicorn is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP transfer-encoding headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP(S) transfer-encoding header, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/287833 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-2024-26130
**DESCRIPTION:**cryptography is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the pkcs12.serialize_key_and_certificates process. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283820 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

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.

Workarounds and Mitigations

NA