Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Jinja, idna & cryptography can affect IBM Storage Protect Plus Microsoft File Systems Backup and Restore

Summary

IBM Storage Protect Plus Microsoft File Systems Backup and Restore can be affected by vulnerabilities in Jinja, idna & cryptography which include cross-site scripting & a denial of service, as described by the CVEs in the “Vulnerability Details” section. These vulnerabilities have been addressed. CVE-2024-34064, CVE-2024-3651, CVE-2024-26130

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-34064
**DESCRIPTION:**Jinja is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by the acceptance of keys containing non-attribute characters by the xmlattr filter. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject other attributes into a Web page which would be executed in a victims 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/290008 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)

CVEID:CVE-2024-3651
**DESCRIPTION:**idna could allow a local user to cause a denial of service using a specially crafted argument to the idna.encode() function and consume system resources.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/289330 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-26130
**DESCRIPTION:**cryptography is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the pkcs12.serialize_key_and_certificates process. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283820 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Windows

| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6330495

Workarounds and Mitigations

None