Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability in OpenSSH may affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-15778
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper input validation in the remote function in scp.c. By using backtick characters in the destination argument, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185805 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Spectrum Protect Plus | 10.1.0-10.1.5 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Spectrum Protect Plus Release | First Fixing VRM Level | Platform | Link to Fix |
| 10.1 | 10.1.6 | Linux | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/5693313 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
03 August 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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
03 August 2020
UID
ibm16255652