Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Linux kernel and Python can affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Summary

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus can be affected by vulnerabilities in Python and Linux kernel. Vulnerabilities include gaining elevated privileges, executing arbitrary commands, obtaining sensitive information, denial of service, executing arbitrary code, improper validation, and bypassing security restrictions, as described by the CVEs in the “Vulnerability Details” section. These vulnerabilities have been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-2124
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds access flaw in the XFS subsystem due to a missing metadata validation when mounting a user-supplied XFS disk image. By sending a specially crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253226 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-2002
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper permission check in the Bluetooth subsystem. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary management commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/252958 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-3090
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a heap out-of-bounds write flaw due to missing skb->cb initialization in the ipvlan network driver. By sending a specially crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/259385 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-1637
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the X86 CPU Power management options function. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information in the memory of the CPU, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/251406 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-4662
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper access control by the USB core subsystem. By using a specially-crafted USB device, a physical attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the system.
CVSS Base score: 4.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242988 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-1829
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a use-after-free flaw when deleting a perfect hash filter in the tcindex_delete() function. By sending a specially crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/252501 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-1281
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the traffic control index filter (tcindex). By sending a specially crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges to root.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/250930 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-2194
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write flaw in the SLIMpro I2C device driver. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base score: 6.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253494 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-0391
**DESCRIPTION:**Python could provide weaker than expected security, cause by a improper input validation by the urllib.parse module. By sending a specially-crafted request using \r and \n characters in the URL path. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform injection attack or launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219613 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-24329
**DESCRIPTION:**Python could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the urllib.parse component. By sending a specially-crafted request using URL starts with blank characters, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass blocklisting methods.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247730 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2021-3428
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an integer overflow in the ext4_es_cache_extent function in fs/ext4/extents.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/198316 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2023-3390
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c… By sending a specially crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/259391 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

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