Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Storage Protect Client - CVE-2024-38320
Published: December 2, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101090
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38320
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information..
The vulnerability exists due to IBM Storage Protect Client uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms. A remote attacker can decrypt highly sensitive information.
Affected software
Storage Protect Client
Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware
Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client
Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware
Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client
How to mitigate CVE-2024-38320
Install updates from vendor's website.
Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware - update to 8.1.24.0
Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client - update to 8.1.24
Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client - update to 8.1.24