Security Bulletin: IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution, sensitive information disclosure, and denial of service due to CVEs in Apache Velocity, Apache Jena, and XStream (woodstox)

Summary

IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments (Data Protection for VMware and Data Protection for Hyper-V) can be affected by security flaws in Apache Velocity, Apache Jena, and XStream (woodstox). The flaws can lead to arbitrary code execution, sensitive information disclosure, and denial of service, as described in the “Vulnerability Details” section. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-13936
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Velocity could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a sandbox bypass flaw. By modifying the Velocity templates, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the account running the Servlet container.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197993 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2021-39239
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Jena could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of XML external entity (XXE) declarations. By using a specially-crafted XML content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209530 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-2022-28890
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Jena could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of XML external entity (XXE) declarations by the RDF/XML parser. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the external DTD information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225725 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-40152
**DESCRIPTION:**XStream is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow. By sending a specially-crafted XML data, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to causes the parser to crash, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236355 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-2022-40151
**DESCRIPTION:**XStream is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow. By sending a specially-crafted XML data, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to causes the parser to crash, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236354 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerabilities now by upgrading.

Product|**Fixing level
**|Platforms|Link to fix and instructions
—|—|—|—
IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V| 8.1.20.0|

Linux x86_64

Windows

| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7015823&gt;
IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware| 8.1.20.0|

Linux x86_64

Windows

| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7015823&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None