Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 12
CVE-ID CVE-2022-30580
CVE-2022-24675
CVE-2018-25032
CVE-2022-29526
CVE-2022-30634
CVE-2022-30629
CVE-2022-29804
CVE-2021-3759
CVE-2022-23806
CVE-2022-23773
CVE-2022-23772
CVE-2022-2097
CWE-ID CWE-94
CWE-120
CWE-119
CWE-264
CWE-835
CWE-330
CWE-22
CWE-400
CWE-252
CWE-863
CWE-311
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #10 is available.
Vulnerable software
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 12 vulnerabilities.

1) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU68839

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30580

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in Cmd.Start in os/exec allows execution of any binaries in the working directory named either "..com" or "..exe" by calling Cmd.Run, Cmd.Start, Cmd.Output, or Cmd.CombinedOutput when Cmd.Path is unset. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


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) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU64266

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24675

CWE-ID: CWE-120 - Buffer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists in the Golang's library encoding/pem. A remote attacker can send to victim a large (more than 5 MB) PEM input to cause a stack overflow in Decode and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


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) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU61671

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-25032

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when compressing data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


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) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU63173

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29526

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to the Faccessat function can incorrectly report that a file is accessible, when called with a non-zero flags parameter. An attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


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) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU73870

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30634

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in crypto/rand on Windows when handling buffer larger than 1 << 32 - 1 bytes. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


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) Use of insufficiently random values

EUVDB-ID: #VU66122

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30629

CWE-ID: CWE-330 - Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists in crypto/tls implementation when generating TLS tickets age. The newSessionTicketMsgTLS13.ageAdd is always set to "0" instead of a random value.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


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) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU73872

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29804

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error within the filepath.Clean function on Windows, which can convert certain invalid paths to valid, absolute paths, potentially allowing a directory traversal attack. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform directory traversal attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


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) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU63914

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3759

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel’s ipc functionality of the memcg subsystem when user calls the semget function multiple times, creating semaphores. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


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.

9) Unchecked Return Value

EUVDB-ID: #VU62036

Risk: Medium

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23806

CWE-ID: CWE-252 - Unchecked Return Value

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to unchecked return value within the Curve.IsOnCurve() function in crypto/elliptic. A remote attacker can force the application to incorrectly return true in situations with a big.Int value that is not a valid field element. As a result, an attacker can modify application flow, which can lead to unauthorized data modification or denial of service.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


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) Incorrect authorization

EUVDB-ID: #VU62037

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23773

CWE-ID: CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists within cmd/go, which can misinterpret branch names that falsely appear to be version tags. This can lead to  a situation where an attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions and perform restricted actions, e.g. create tags when access was granted to create branches only.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

11) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU62038

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23772

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 within the Rat.SetString(0 function in math/big. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


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.

12) Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU64922

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2097

CWE-ID: CWE-311 - Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to an error in AES OCB mode for 32-bit x86 platforms using the AES-NI assembly optimized implementation. Under specific circumstances OpenSSL does not encrypt the entire message and can reveal sixteen bytes of data that was preexisting in the memory that wasn't written. A remote attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information.


Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: before 10.1.12

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-linux-kernel-openssl-golang-go-and-zlib-may-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus/


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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