Type conversion in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and its application agents for IBM Db2 and MongoDb2 using python.



Published: 2023-06-01
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-10735
CWE-ID CWE-704
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Type conversion

EUVDB-ID: #VU67760

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10735

CWE-ID: CWE-704 - Type conversion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion in algorithms with quadratic time complexity when using non-binary bases within the int() call. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the affected application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: 10.1.13

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6999619


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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