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

1) Type conversion

EUVDB-ID: #VU67760

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

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

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:ibm_spectrum_protect_plus:10.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://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.