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Security Bulletin: A denial of service vulnerability in JDOM affects IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client, IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management (CVE CVE-2021-33813)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client, IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V and Data Protection for VMware) and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management can be affected by a vulnerability in JDOM. The vulnerability can lead to a denial of service, as described by the CVE in the "Vulnerability Details" section.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-33813
DESCRIPTION:   JDOM is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XXE issue in SAXBuilder. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203804 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

ProductVersions
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client8.1.0.0 - 8.1.17.0
IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management8.1.0.0 - 8.1.17.0
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V8.1.0.0 - 8.1.17.0
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware8.1.0.0 - 8.1.17.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
 
Product
Fixing levelPlatformsLink to fix and instructions
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client8.1.17.2AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Macintosh
Solaris
Windows
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6832422
IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management8.1.17.2AIX
Linux
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6833196
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V8.1.17.2Windowshttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6827869
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware8.1.17.2Linux
Windows
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6827869

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

17 Mar 2023: 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:
17 March 2023

UID

ibm16962863