Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Protect Server



Published: 2023-06-22
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 11
CVE-ID CVE-2020-27216
CVE-2021-28165
CVE-2021-28169
CVE-2017-7658
CVE-2017-7657
CVE-2017-7656
CVE-2019-10241
CVE-2018-12536
CVE-2017-9735
CVE-2021-34428
CVE-2019-10247
CWE-ID CWE-362
CWE-400
CWE-20
CWE-444
CWE-200
CWE-79
CWE-208
CWE-613
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 11 vulnerabilities.

1) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU48942

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27216

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition. On Unix like systems, the system's temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. A collocated user can observe the process of creating a temporary sub directory in the shared temporary directory and race to complete the creation of the temporary subdirectory. If the attacker wins the race then they will have read and write permission to the subdirectory used to unpack web applications, including their WEB-INF/lib jar files and JSP files. If any code is ever executed out of this temporary directory, this can lead to a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent: before 8.1.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005945


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU51876

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28165

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing large TLS frames. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the server, trigger CPU high load and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent: before 8.1.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005945


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.

3) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU53973

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28169

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information..

The vulnerability exists due to a double decoding issue when parsing URI with certain characters. A remote attacker can send requests to the ConcatServlet and WelcomeFilter and view contents of protected resources within the WEB-INF directory.

Example:

/concat?/%2557EB-INF/web.xml

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent: before 8.1.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005945


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.

4) HTTP request smuggling attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU13529

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7658

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct an HTTP request smuggling attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling HTTP requests that contain more than one content-length header. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request that contains a transfer-encoding header and a content-length header, cause the software and an upstream HTTP agent to misinterpret the boundary of the request and to poison the web cache on the system, which could be used to conduct further attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent: before 8.1.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005945


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.

5) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU13528

Risk: Low

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7657

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of queries that do not match the dynamic URL pattern for webapps that use default error handling settings. A remote attacker can send a query that submits malicious input, trigger a java.nio.file.InvalidPathException message, which could allow the attacker to view sensitive information, such as the software installation path.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent: before 8.1.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005945


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.

6) HTTP request smuggling attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU13527

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7656

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct an HTTP request smuggling attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of HTTP/0.9 requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP/0.9 request that submits malicious request headers, cause the software and an upstream HTTP agent to misinterpret the boundary of the request and poison the web cache on the system, which could be used to conduct further attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent: before 8.1.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005945


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.

7) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU26320

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10241

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in DefaultServlet or ResourceHandler that is configured for showing a Listing of directory contents. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent: before 8.1.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005945


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.

8) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU13530

Risk: Low

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12536

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of queries that do not match the dynamic URL pattern for webapps that use default error handling settings. A remote attacker can send a query that submits malicious input, trigger a java.nio.file.InvalidPathException message, which could allow the attacker to view sensitive information, such as the software installation path.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent: before 8.1.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005945


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.

9) Brute-force attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU9654

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9735

CWE-ID: CWE-208 - Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a brute-force attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a timing channel in util/security/Password.java, which allows a remote attacker to perform a brute-force attack by observing elapsed times before rejection of incorrect passwords.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent: before 8.1.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005945


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.

10) Insufficient Session Expiration

EUVDB-ID: #VU55642

Risk: Low

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34428

CWE-ID: CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue. If an exception is thrown from the SessionListener#sessionDestroyed() method, then the session ID is not invalidated in the session ID manager. On deployments with clustered sessions and multiple contexts this can result in a session not being invalidated.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent: before 8.1.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005945


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. The attacker should have physical access to the system in order to successfully exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

11) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU25067

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10247

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Integrator Acquistion System (Eclipse Jetty) component in Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Integrator. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Agent: before 8.1.19

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005945


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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