Security Bulletin
Summary
In customer environments that utilize VMware restricted users, users of the Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware GUI can back up and restore VMs that they are not authorized to access.
Vulnerability Details
CVE ID: CVE-2013-6713
DESCRIPTION:
In customer environments that utilize VMware restricted users, users of the Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware GUI can back up and restore VMs that they are not authorized to access, enabling them to perform the following actions, regardless of their specific VMware level of authorization:
- access all data within the VMs that have been previously backed up and also back up and access data that has not previously been backed up
- spawn multiple restores which could exhaust VMware storage
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89055
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
Only the Data Protection for VMware component of the following product and release levels is affected:
- Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments 6.3, 6.4, and 7.1
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to apply the fix associated with the release of the product used in your environment.
Product: Component | VMRF of First Fix | Platform | Remediation / Link to First Fix |
Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware | 7.1.0.2 | Windows Linux | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037086 |
Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware | 6.4.2.0 | Windows Linux | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24039356 |
Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware | 6.3.2.1 | Windows Linux | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037601 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
23 May 2014: Original copy published
16 January 2017: Fixed links to fixes
*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 Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21673051