Security Bulletin: Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Back-up Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management (CVE-2021-29672, CVE-2021-20546)

Summary IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management are vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflows caused by improper bounds checking. UDPATED: 14 June 2021 - Added 7.1 fix. UPDATED: 25 June 2021 - Added 8.1.9.2 fix for Macintosh Vulnerability Details...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client, IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management, and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (CVE-2020-27221, CVE-2020-14782)

Summary Vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2020 and January 2021. IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ is used by IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client, IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management, and IBM Spectrum Protect...

Vulnerabilities fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect

IBM has fixed vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Backup Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management. A local malicious party could potentially exploit the vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service or to execute under elevated privileges execute arbitrary code. IBM has...

Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (CVE-2021-20532)

Summary IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments may allow a local user to escalate their privileges. UPDATED: 14 June 2021 - Added 7.1 fix for IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware. Vulnerability Details CVEI...

Security Bulletin: Genivia gSOAP vulnerabilities affect IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments:Data Protection for VMware and Spectrum Protect Client (CVE-2020-13575, CVE-2020-13578, CVE-2020-13574, CVE-2020-13577, CVE-2020-13576, CVE-2020-21783)

Summary Vulnerabilities in Genivia gSOAP, such as denial of service or execution of arbitrary code on the system, may affect IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware. UPDATED: 14 June 2021 - Added 7.1 fix for IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Enviornments:Data...

Vulnerabilities fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect Client

Vulnerabilities have been fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect Client. A malicious party could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or execute arbitrary code with the application's permissions. IBM has released updates to fix the vulnerabilities. For more information, see:...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client NetApp Services (CVE-2020-1971, CVE-2021-23840, CVE-2021-23841)

Summary OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on December 8, 2020 and February 16, 2021 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL, used by the IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client for network connections with NetApp services, has addressed the applicable CVEs. UPDATED: 14 June 2021 - Added 7.1 fix...

Vulnerabilities fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect Server

Vulnerabilities have been fixed in IBM DB2 as used in IBM Spectrum Protect. The vulnerabilities allow a malicious person to able to perform attacks that result in the following categories of damage: Denial-of-Service DoS. Remote code execution Administrator/Root privileges Access to system data T...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM Db2 affect IBM Spectrum Protect Server (CVE-2020-5024, CVE-2020-5025, CVE-2020-4976)

Summary The IBM Spectrum Protect Server is affected by IBM Db2 vulnerabilities such as denial of service, buffer overflow, and weak file permissions. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-5024 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows includes DB2 Connect Server 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in GNU gettext affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (CVE-2018-18751)

Summary Denial of service vulnerability in GNU gettext may affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-18751 DESCRIPTION: GNU gettext is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double free flaw in the defaultaddmessage function in read-catalog.c. By persuading a...

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

IBM Spectrum Protect is a suite of data protection platforms from IBM in the United States. An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exists in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center versions 7.1 and 8.1. The vulnerability stems from the program not properly validating parameters. An attacker cou...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Apache Commons and Log4j affect IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments

Summary Vulnerabilities in Apache Commons and Log4j, such as execution of arbitrary code on the system, man-in-the-middle attack, and information disclosure, could affect the IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments. UPDATED 1/29/2021: Added 7.1...

CVE-2021-29672

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0-8 through 1.11.0 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing the current locale settings. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause...

CVE-2021-29694

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.7 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 200258...

CVE-2021-20536

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent 10.1.6 and 10.1.7 stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 198836...

CVE-2021-29694

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.7 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 200258...

CVE-2021-20546

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.11.0 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 198934...

CVE-2021-20546

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.11.0 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the application to crash. IBM X-Force ID: 198934...

CVE-2021-29672

IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0-8 through 1.11.0 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing the current locale settings. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause...

CVE-2021-20432

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.7 uses Cross-Origin Resource Sharing CORS which could allow an attacker to carry out privileged actions and retrieve sensitive information as the domain name is not being limited to only trusted domains. IBM X-Force ID: 196344...