Security Bulletin: Potential CSV injection threat affects IBM Spectrum Control (formerly Tivoli Storage Productivity Center) (CVE-2019-4071)

Summary

A potential CSV injection threat can affect IBM Spectrum Control, causing corrupted data to be inserted in the application.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-4071 DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/157063&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

The versions listed above apply to all licensed offerings of IBM Spectrum Control.

Remediation/Fixes

The solution is to apply an appropriate IBM Spectrum Control fix. Click on the download link and follow the Installation Instructions. The solution should be implemented as soon as practicable.

Starting with 5.2.8, Tivoli Storage Productivity Center has been renamed to IBM Spectrum Control.

Release |

First Fixing

VRM Level

| Link to Fix/Fix Availability Target
—|—|—
5.2 | 5.2.17.3 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21320822#53_0&gt;
5.3 | 5.3.2 | <http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21320822#53_0&gt;

Note: It is always recommended to have a current backup before applying any update procedure.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.