IBM Sterling Connect up to 3.6.0.1 on OpenVMS Session cryptographic issue

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IBM Sterling Connect 3.4.00/3.4.01/3.5.00/3.6.0/3.6.0.1 on OpenVMS. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Session Handler. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-4035. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IBM Sterling Connect 3.4.00/3.4.01/3.5.00/3.6.0/3.6.0.1 on OpenVMS (Business Process Management Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Session Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for OpenVMS 3.4.00, 3.4.01, 3.5.00, 3.6.0, and 3.6.0.1 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to reject client requests for an unencrypted session when used as the server in a TCP/IP session and configured for SSL encryption with the client. IBM X-Force ID: 86138.

The bug was discovered 08/30/2013. The weakness was published 05/01/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-4035 since 06/07/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/08/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1705 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (97147†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Business Process Management Software

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• IBM

Name

• Sterling Connect

Version

• 3.4.00
• 3.4.01
• 3.5.00
• 3.6.0
• 3.6.0.1

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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