CVE-2022-22336 Denial of service in Sterling Secure Proxy
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy by triggering a resource leak.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-22336?
CVE-2022-22336 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy, published on 23 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3.0, 6.0.2.0, and 3.4.3.2 could allow a remote user to consume resources causing a denial of service due to a resource leak. IBM X-Force ID: 219395.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22336?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Sterling External Authentication Server, Ibm Sterling Secure Proxy.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22336?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22336 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-22336 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22336 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy
- CVE-2020-4462 XML external entity in External Authentication Server
- CVE-2013-0517 Command injection in Sterling External Authentication Server
- CVE-2022-22333 Memory corruption in Sterling Secure Proxy
- CVE-2021-29722 Weak cryptography in Sterling Secure Proxy
- CVE-2021-29723 Weak cryptography in Sterling Secure Proxy
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4qgq-37m7-cp67.