Security Bulletin: Insecure handling of TLS certificates by IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (CVE-2022-40234)

Summary

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus incorrectly handles TLS certificates which can result in an attacker obtaining private key information for the uploaded certificate.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-40234
**DESCRIPTION:**Versions of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus prior to 10.1.12 (excluding 10.1.12) include the private key information for a certificate inside the generated .crt file when uploading a TLS certificate to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. If this generated .crt file is shared, an attacker can obtain the private key information for the uploaded certificate.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235718 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

**IBM Spectrum Protect
Plus **Affected Versions|**Fixing
**Level|Platform|**Link to Fix and Instructions
**
—|—|—|—
10.1.0-10.1.11| 10.1.12| Linux| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6603663&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None