Security Bulletin: cURL vulnerability CVE-2019-15601 impacts IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 3.9.6.2 and earlier and Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 3.9.6.2 and earlier

Summary

Security Bulletin: cURL vulnerability CVE-2019-15601 impacts IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 3.9.6.2 and earlier and Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 3.9.6.2 and earlier. The fix was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 4.0.0 and Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 4.0.0.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-15601
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation. By creating a FILE: URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to a remote file using SMB.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174079 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The fix for the vulnerability was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 4.0.0 and Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 4.0.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None