Security Bulletin: IBM Aspera Connect and IBM Aspera Cargo has addressed multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-22862, CVE-2023-27285)

Summary

This Security Bulletin addresses security vulnerabilities that have been remediated in IBM Aspera Connect 4.2.6 and IBM Aspera Cargo 4.2.6.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-22862
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Aspera Connect and IBM Aspera Cargo transmits authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/244107 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-27285
DESCRIPTION: IBM Aspera Connect and IBM Aspera Cargo is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. An attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/248625 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

It is recommended to apply the fix as soon as possible, see links in the table below.

4.2.6

| Linux| click here
IBM Aspera Connect|

4.2.6

| Mac OSX| click here
IBM Aspera Connect|

4.2.6

| Windows| click here
IBM Aspera Cargo|

4.2.6

| Linux| click here
IBM Aspera Cargo|

4.2.6

| Mac OSX| click here
IBM Aspera Cargo|

4.2.6

| Windows| click here

Workarounds and Mitigations

None