Security Bulletin
Summary
Denial of service vulnerability in psutil may affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus backup and restore of Db2 and MongoDB databases.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-18874
DESCRIPTION: psutil is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double free. By using specially-crafted data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/171612 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Db2 database backup and restore | 10.1.2-10.1.7 |
| IBM Spectrum Protect Plus MongoDB database backup and restore | 10.1.3-10.1.7 |
Remediation/Fixes
| IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Release | First Fixing VRM Level | Platform | Link to Fix |
| 10.1 | 10.1.7 ifix2 (10.1.7.2) | AIX Linux | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6330495 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
9 February 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:
09 February 2021
UID
ibm16410866