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IBM Aspera Faspex: CVE-2022-47986: Execute Arbitrary Code

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IBM Aspera Faspex: CVE-2022-47986: Execute Arbitrary Code

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/26/2023
Created
02/18/2023
Added
02/17/2023
Modified
06/06/2023

Description

IBM Aspera Faspex 4.4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a YAML deserialization flaw. By sending a specially crafted obsolete API call, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. The obsolete API call was removed in Faspex 4.4.2 PL2. IBM X-Force ID: 243512.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-aspera-faspex-upgrade-4_4_2

References

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