CVE-2021-29872

Summary

CVECVE-2021-29872
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-18 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-25 16:29:00 UTC
DescriptionIBM Cloud Pak for Automation 21.0.1 and 21.0.2 - Business Automation Studio Component is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject HTTP HOST header, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 206228.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-116

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation All All All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.1 All All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.1 interim_fix001 All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.1 interim_fix002 All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.1 interim_fix003 All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.1 interim_fix004 All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.1 interim_fix005 All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.1 interim_fix006 All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.2 All All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.2 interim_fix001 All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.2 interim_fix002 All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.2 interim_fix003 All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.2 interim_fix004 All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.2 interim_fix005 All All
Application Ibm Cloud Pak For Automation 21.0.2 interim_fix006 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Bulletin: Host header injection vulnerability in Business Automation Studio in Cloud Pak for Automation (CVE-2021-29872) CONFIRM www.ibm.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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