IBM Aspera HTTP Fallback Service memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in IBM Aspera. This affects an unknown function of the component HTTP Fallback Service. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-4435. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Aspera (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part of the component HTTP Fallback Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Certain IBM Aspera applications are vulnerable to arbitrary memory corruption based on the product configuration, which could allow an attacker with intimate knowledge of the system to execute arbitrary code or perform a denial-of-service (DoS) through the http fallback service. IBM X-Force ID: 180901.

The weakness was released 06/10/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-4435 since 12/30/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 06/11/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-156513, VDB-156514, VDB-156515 and VDB-156517. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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06/10/2020 +163 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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CVE: CVE-2020-4435 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-4435
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-156516
X-Force: 180901

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/11/2020 12:08
Updated: 10/24/2020 08:42
Changes: 06/11/2020 12:08 (39), 06/11/2020 12:13 (11), 10/24/2020 08:39 (1), 10/24/2020 08:42 (1)
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