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Security Bulletin: Code injection vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments and IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware (CVE-2020-4693)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Due to improper validation of data prior to export, IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments and IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4693
DESCRIPTION:  IBM Spectrum Protect products may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation of data prior to export.
CVSS Base score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186782 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware8.1.0.0-8.1.10.0
7.1.0.0-7.1.8.9
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V8.1.0.0-8.1.10.0
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for VMware4.1.0.0-4.1.6.10

Remediation/Fixes

BM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware ReleaseFirst Fixing
VRM Level		PlatformLink to Fix
              8.1    8.1.11Linux
Windows
              7.1
    7.1.8.10
Linux
Windows


IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V ReleaseFirst Fixing
VRM Level		PlatformLink to Fix
                     8.1  8.1.11Linuxhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6152475


IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
for VMware Release		First Fixing
VRM Level		PlatformLink to Fix
                 4.1  4.1.6.11Linux https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6405750


Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

29 January 2020: 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 February 2022

UID

ibm16406326

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