Security Bulletin: IBM Aspera Console has addressed multiple PCRE and PCRE2 library vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-1587, CVE-2019-20838, CVE-2022-1586)

Summary

This Security Bulletin addresses security vulnerabilities related to PCRE and PCRE2 library vulnerabilities that have been remediated (CVE-2022-1587, CVE-2019-20838, CVE-2022-1586) in IBM Aspera Console 3.4.2 PL5.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-1587
**DESCRIPTION:**PCRE2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the get_recurse_data_length() function in the pcre2_jit_compile.c file. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226862 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2019-20838
**DESCRIPTION:**PCRE is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer over-read in JIT. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185645 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-1586
**DESCRIPTION:**PCRE2 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds read in the compile_xclass_matchingpath() function in the pcre2_jit_compile.c file. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226863 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

It is recommended that customers upgrade to the latest version of IBM Aspera Console:

3.4.2 PL 10

| Windows| click here
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3.4.2 PL 10

| Linux| click here

Workarounds and Mitigations

None