CVE-2022-22333

MEDIUM

IBM Sterling <6.0.3.0, <6.0.2.0, <3.4.3.2 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6558796
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219133

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0065
EPSS Percentile 70.8%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-120
Status published
Products (6)
ibm/sterling_external_authentication_server 3.4.3.2
ibm/sterling_external_authentication_server 6.0.2.0
ibm/sterling_external_authentication_server 6.0.3.0
ibm/sterling_secure_proxy 3.4.3.2
ibm/sterling_secure_proxy 6.0.2
ibm/sterling_secure_proxy 6.0.3.0
Published Feb 23, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026