Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in cryptography and Jinja [CVE-2023-50782, CVE-2024-22195]

Summary

IBM Storage Protect Plus Microsoft File Systems Backup and Restore can be affected by vulnerabilities in cryptography and Jinja which include obtain sensitive information and cross-site scripting, as described by the CVEs in the “Vulnerability Details” section. These vulnerabilities have been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-50782
**DESCRIPTION:**Python Cryptographic Authority cryptography could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw when decrypting captured messages in TLS servers that use RSA key exchanges. By utilize cryptographic attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281614 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-22195
**DESCRIPTION:**Pallets Jinja is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the xmlattr filter. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/279344 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

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Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None