Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack when arbitrary data injection/parameter fuzzing is performed.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-5023
DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could allow a remote user to inject arbitrary data iwhich could cause the serivce to crash due to excess resource consumption.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/193659 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Spectrum Protect Plus | 10.1.0-10.1.7 |
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) | 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
ibm16410888