P = NP: Cloud data protection in vulnerable non-production environments

Data is the holy grail of your cloud workloads for attackers. Data breaches are the kind of breaches that make the news. With the recent European Union General Data Protection Regulations GDPR, they will make even bigger headlines. From an enterprise point of view, the most challenging aspect of...

Microsoft Windows Kernel 'Win32k.sys' CVE-2018-8282 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. This can result in the attacker gaining complete control of the affected system. Technologies Affected Microsoft Windows 10...

Microsoft Windows CVE-2018-8309 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to restart the affected system, denying service to legitimate users. Technologies Affected Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 f...

USN-3695-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the crc32c checksum driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-1094 It was discovered that the cdrom driver in the Linux kernel contained an...

The need and opportunity for adaptive prevention in the cloud

This post is authored by Michael Bargury, Data Scientist, C+E Security. The need The cloud introduces new security challenges, which differ from classic ones by diversity and scale. Once a Virtual Machine VM is up and running with an open internet port, it is almost instantaneously subject to...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ that is used by IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2017 and January 2018...

ON PREM vs. CLOUD.

Security and Other considerations. Part 1 By Johan Nordstrom The only constant in this world is change, and these days it’s coming quicker and faster than ever before, as is evident in the explosive market for cloud services. A recent research and analysis from Cisco showed that the global intern...

GHSA-PR3H-JJHJ-573X Sprockets path traversal leads to information leak

Specially crafted requests can be used to access files that exist on the filesystem that is outside an application's root directory, when the Sprockets server is used in production. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the work arounds immediately. Workaround:...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM GSKit component of IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM GSKit component of IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V. IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V has addressed the applicable CVEs...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilites in IBM Java Runtime affect Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and FlashCopy Manager (IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot) for VMware

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ used by Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and FlashCopy Manager IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware. These issues were disclose...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilites in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware on Windows (CVE-2016-3485)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition that is used by IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Virtual Environments. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK...

Security Bulletin: Password disclosure vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI (CVE-2016-6034)

Summary IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Virtual Environments VMware vSphere GUI is vulnerable to a password disclosure. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-6034 DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual...

Security Bulletin: Cross-site request forgery vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware (CVE-2016-6033)

Summary IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Virtual Environments and IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery. An attacker could execute maliciou...

Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager that affects IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware (CVE-2016-2894)

Summary The IBM Tivoli Storage Manger IBM Spectrum Protect Client is used as a component of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments. Information about a security vulnerability affecting the IBM Tivoli Manager...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware (CVE-2015-4872)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition that is used by IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Virtual Environments and IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware IBM...

Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager that affects multiple IBM Tivoli Storage products (CVE-2016-0201)

Summary The IBM Tivoli Storage Manger Client/API is used as a component of IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Windows, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows, and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware (CVE-2015-0287)

Summary OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on March 19, 2015 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL, used by the Tivoli Storage Manager Client, has addressed the applicable CVEs. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-0287 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error...

Security Bulletin: Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware affected by unauthorized access vulnerability (CVE-2015-7425)

Summary The Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI component of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments and the IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware GUI component of IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manag...

Security Bulletin: Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware affected by privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2015-7429)

Summary The IBM Data Protection Extension in the VMware GUI component of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments and IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot are subject to a...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Diffie-Hellman ciphers affects the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client and the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware data mover (CVE-2015-4000)

Summary The Logjam Attack on TLS connections using the Diffie-Hellman DH key exchange protocol affects the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client. However, the problem only manifests when the Tivoli Storage Manager Client is used as the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data...