CVE-2021-39028: Medium severity ibm pub vulnerability

Published Jul 8, 2022
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Updated

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing 6.0.6, 6.0.6.1, 7.0, 7.0.1, and 7.0.2 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 213866.

Other sources

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.

IBM

Affected Software

19 affected components
IBM PUB<=7.0.1
IBM PUB<=7.0.2
IBM RPE<=6.0.6
IBM RPE<=6.0.6.1
IBM PUB<=7.0
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing=6.0.6
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing=6.0.6.1
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing=7.0
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing=7.0.1
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing=7.0.2
Linux Linux kernel
Microsoft Windows
All of the following
Any of the following
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing=6.0.6
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing=6.0.6.1
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing=7.0.1
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing=7.0
IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization Publishing=7.0.2
Any of the following
Linux Linux kernel
Microsoft Windows

Event History

Jul 8, 2022
CVE Published
via IBM·12:00 AM
Jul 14, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:15 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·05:15 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID for this vulnerability is CVE-2021-39028.

2

What is the title of this vulnerability?

The title of this vulnerability is 'IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing is vulnerable to HTTP header injection caused by…'

3

What is the affected software?

The affected software includes IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing versions 6.0.6, 6.0.6.1, 7.0, 7.0.1, and 7.0.2.

4

What is the severity of this vulnerability?

The severity of this vulnerability is medium with a CVSS score of 5.4.

5

How can this vulnerability be exploited?

This vulnerability can be exploited by conducting various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting (XSS) and HTTP header injection.

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