IBM265D1B6C4A3FAAA6603A120CE1D705D05BDC2BDAD6FFBD61AC5A18B875B14E1FSecurity Bulletin: Vulnerability in Urllib3 affects IBM Spectrum Protect Container and Microsoft File Systems Agents (CVE-2020-26137)
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Summary
Urllib3 is vulnerable to CRLF injection which could allow a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting, cache poisoning, or session hijacking attacks. This vulnerability may affect the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container agent for Kubernetes and the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Microsoft® Windows File Systems agent.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:CVE-2020-26137
**DESCRIPTION:**urllib3 is vulnerable to CRLF injection. By inserting CR and LF control characters in the first argument of putrequest(), a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189426 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
|---|---|
| IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Agent for Kubernetes (Linux) | 10.1.5-10.1.6 |
| IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Microsoft File Systems Agent (Windows) | 10.1.6 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Spectrum Protect Plus Release | First Fixing VRM Level | Platform | Link to Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.1 | 10.1.7 | Linux | |
| Windows | <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6330495> |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm spectrum protect plus | eq | 10.1 |
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N