Aspera Cargo
CVE-2023-27285
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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1DescriptionNVD
IBM Aspera Connect 4.2.5 and IBM Aspera Cargo 4.2.5 is 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: 248625.
AnalysisAI
IBM Aspera Connect 4.2.5 and IBM Aspera Cargo 4.2.5 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. IBM Aspera Connect 4.2.5 and IBM Aspera Cargo 4.2.5 is 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: 248625. Affected products include: Ibm Aspera Cargo, Ibm Aspera Connect.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.
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