Security Bulletin: Directory Traversal vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (CVE-2020-4240, CVE-2020-4209)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system which can result in the creation of arbitrary files on the system or files being overwritten.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-4240
DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to overwrite or create arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175417 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2020-4209
DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to create arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175019 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus	10.1.0-10.1.5

Remediation/Fixes

Spectrum Protect Plus Release	First Fixing VRM Level	Platform	Link to Fix
10.1	10.1.5.2199	Linux	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1135035

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by KPC of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.

Change History

30 March 2020: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: Directory Traversal vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (CVE-2020-4240, CVE-2020-4209)