Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Protect Client and IBM Storage Protect for Space Management

Published: 2023-11-16

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-40151 CVE-2022-40152
CWE-ID	CWE-787
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Storage Protect for Space Management Other software / Other software solutions Storage Protect Client Other software / Other software solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU69283

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-2022-40151

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error if the parser is running on user supplied input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML input to the application and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Storage Protect for Space Management : before 8.1.20.0

Storage Protect Client : before 8.1.20.0

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7076284

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.

2) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU71586