Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Protect Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management web user interface vulnerable to authentication bypass and clickjacking (CVE-2020-4494, CVE-2020-4406)

Summary

The web user interface provided by the IBM Spectrum Protect Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management is vulnerable to authentication bypass and a clickjacking attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4494
**DESCRIPTION:**The IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client web user interface and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management web user interface could allow an attacker to bypass authentication due to improper session validation which can result in access to unauthorized resources.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182019 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-4406
**DESCRIPTION:**The IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client web user interface and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management web user interface could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim’s click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179488 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Spectrum Protect
Backup-Archive Client Release|First Fixing
VRM Level|Platform|Link to Fix
—|—|—|—
8.1| 8.1.10| AIX
Linux
Windows| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6223388&gt;

Spectrum Protect for
Space Management
Release|First Fixing
VRM Level|Platform|Link to Fix
—|—|—|—
8.1| 8.1.10| AIX
Linux| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/5737761&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None