Security Bulletin
Summary
Python is vulnerable to CRLF injection which affects the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Microsoft® Windows File Systems agent.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-26116
DESCRIPTION: Python is vulnerable to CRLF injection, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input in http.client. By inserting CR and LF control characters in the first argument of HTTPConnection.request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189404 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent | 10.1.6 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Spectrum Protect Plus Release | First Fixing VRM Level | Platform | Link to Fix |
| 10.1 | 10.1.7 | Windows | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6330495 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
12 January 2021: 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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Document Information
Modified date:
12 January 2021
UID
ibm16403471