Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Certifi, cryptography, python-requests and Tornado can affect IBM Storage Protect Plus Microsoft File Systems Backup and Restore [CVE-2023-37920, CVE-2023-38325, CVE-2023-32681, CVE-2023-28370]

Summary

IBM Storage Protect Plus Microsoft File Systems Backup and Restore can be affected by vulnerabilities in Certifi, cryptography, python-requests and Tornado which include obtaining sensitive information, phishing attacks and weaker security, as described by the CVEs in the “Vulnerability Details” section. These vulnerabilities have been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-37920
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified error with the removal of e-Tugra root certificate in Certifi has an unknown impact and attack vector.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/261639 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-2023-38325
**DESCRIPTION:**Python Cryptographic Authority cryptography could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an encoding mismatch regarding critical options with OpenSSH. 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/260859 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-2023-32681
**DESCRIPTION:**python-requests could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the leaking of Proxy-Authorization headers to destination servers during redirects to an HTTPS origin. By persuading a victim to click on a specially crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/256114 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-28370
**DESCRIPTION:**Tornado could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.
CVSS Base score: 3.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/255985 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

**Note:**The product now known as IBM Storage Protect Plus was named IBM Spectrum Protect Plus in levels earlier than 10.1.15. To learn more about the brand change, see IBM Spectrum Protect brand change to IBM Storage Protect.

Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None