Security Bulletin: Denial of service and remote code execution might affect IBM Storage Defender – Resiliency Service

Summary

IBM Storage Defender – Resiliency Service is vulnerable and can result in data confidentiality and service availabilty issues. The vulnerabilities have been addressed. CVE-2024-6387, CVE-2024-39329, CVE-2024-38875, CVE-2024-39614, CVE-2024-39330, CVE-2024-21520, CVE-2024-39689, CVE-2024-37890, CVE-2024-37891

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-6387
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSH could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a signal handler race condition. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on glibc-based Linux systems.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/296064 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2024-39329
**DESCRIPTION:**Django could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend.authenticate() method. By utilize timing attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to enumerate users information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/297588 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-38875
**DESCRIPTION:**Django is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation by the urlize() and urlizetrunc() functions. By sending a specially crafted request using large number of brackets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/297587 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-39614
**DESCRIPTION:**Django is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation by the get_supported_language_variant() functions. By sending a specially crafted request using long strings, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/297590 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2024-39330
**DESCRIPTION:**Django could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper validation of user request. An attacker could send a specially crafted URL request containing “dot dot” sequences (/…/) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/297589 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-21520
**DESCRIPTION:**Encode Django REST framework is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/295864 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2024-39689
**DESCRIPTION:**Certifi python-certifi could provide weaker than expected security, caused by the use of GLOBALTRUST root certificate. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/297375 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-2024-37890
**DESCRIPTION:**Node.js ws module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference. By sending a specially crafted request with multiple HTTP headers, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/295049 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)

CVEID:CVE-2024-37891
**DESCRIPTION:**urllib3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to strip the Proxy-Authorization header during cross-origin redirects. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/295053 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The Connection Manager included with Defender 2.0.6 and newer provides the fixes. If using a version of the Connection Manager obtained from Defender 2.0.0 - 2.0.5, IBM strongly recommends upgrading. Instructions for upgrading can be found here.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None