VDB-193661 · CVE-2022-22336 · XFDB 219395

IBM Sterling External Authentication Server 3.4.3.2/6.0.2.0/6.0.3.0 resource consumption

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.3	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and Sterling Secure Proxy 3.4.3.2/6.0.2.0/6.0.3.0. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-22336. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and Sterling Secure Proxy 3.4.3.2/6.0.2.0/6.0.3.0 (Business Process Management Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was released 02/24/2022. The advisory is shared at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-22336 since 01/03/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (219395). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Business Process Management Software

Vendor

Name

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.5
CNA Vector (IBM Corporation): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

01/03/2022 🔍
02/24/2022 +52 days 🔍
02/24/2022 +0 days 🔍
02/26/2022 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2022-22336 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22336
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-193661
X-Force: 219395

Entryinfo

Created: 02/24/2022 07:30
Updated: 02/26/2022 07:53
Changes: 02/24/2022 07:30 (50), 02/26/2022 07:53 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.