Security Bulletin: Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in the IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client may affect IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management (CVE-2022-22478, CVE-2022-22474)

Security Bulletin

Summary

The IBM Spectrum Protect back-up archive client is vulnerable to information disclosure and denial of service vulnerabilities which may affect IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2022-22478
DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.14.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 225886.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225886 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2022-22474
DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.0.0 through 8.1.14.0 dsmcad, dsmc, and dsmcsvc processes incorrectly handle certain read operations on TCP/IP sockets. This can result in a denial of service for IBM Spectrum Protect client operations. IBM X-Force ID: 225348.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225348 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management	8.1.0.-8.1.14

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management Affected Versions	Fixing Level	*Platform*	*Link to Fix and Instructions*
8.1.0-8.1.14	8.1.15	AIX Linux	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/316077

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

02 September 2022: 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: Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in the IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client may affect IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management (CVE-2022-22478, CVE-2022-22474)