CVE-2023-27286 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM Aspera Cargo 4.2.5 and IBM Aspera Connect 4.2.5 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. An attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 248616.

Published: 2023-03-28

Score: 8.4 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Aspera

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.2.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_cargo::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_connect::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-31064	IBM Aspera Cargo 4.2.5 and IBM Aspera Connect 4.2.5 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. An attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 248616.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00648.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/248627
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6966588

History

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Aspera Cargo Aspera Connect

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2023-03-28T20:07:54.929Z

Updated: 2025-02-18T19:17:30.211Z

Reserved: 2023-02-27T17:47:22.586Z

Link: CVE-2023-27286

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:09:42.508Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-02T21:15:08.710

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:52:35.267

Link: CVE-2023-27286

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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