Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Certifi package may affect IBM Storage Scale (CVE-2022-23491)

Summary

A vulnerability in Certifi package may affect the IBM Storage Scale call home feature.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-23491
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified error in with TrustCor’s ownership also operated a business that produced spyware in Certifi has an unknown impact and attack vector.
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/241627 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.1.0.0 through V5.1.2.10, apply V5.1.2.11 available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.1.2&platform=All&function=all

For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.1.3.0 through V5.1.6.1, apply V5.1.7.0 available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.1.7&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None