Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in IBM Sterling Secure Proxy and External Authentication Server

CVE-2022-22333 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3.0, 6.0.2.0, and 3.4.3.2 and IBM Sterling External Authentication Server are vulnerable a buffer overflow, due to the Jetty based GUI in the Secure Zone not properly validating the sizes of the form content and/or HTTP headers submitted. A local attacker positioned inside the Secure Zone could submit a specially crafted HTTP request to disrupt service. IBM X-Force ID: 219133.

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