Security Bulletin: IBM Aspera Faspex is vulnerable to multiple encryption vulnerabilities.

Summary

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.8 has addressed multiple encryption vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-22869, CVE-2023-37396, CVE-2023-27279, CVE-2023-37395, CVE-2023-37397, CVE-2022-40745)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-22869
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Aspera Faspex stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/244119 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-37396
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Aspera Faspex could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information due to improper encryption of certain data.
CVSS Base score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/259671 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-27279
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Aspera Faspex 5 could allow a user to cause a denial of service due to missing API rate limiting.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/248533 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-37395
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Aspera Faspex could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information due to improper encryption of certain data.
CVSS Base score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/259669 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-37397
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Aspera Faspex could allow a local user to obtain or modify sensitive information due to improper encryption of certain data.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/259672 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-40745
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Aspera Faspex 5 could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information due to weaker than expected security.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236452 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

It is recommended to apply the fix as soon as possible, see link below.

5.0.8

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None