Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Storage Protect Plus Microsoft File Systems Backup and Restore can be affected by vulnerabilities in urllib3, Python and Tornado which include obtaining sensitive information, bypass security restrictions and bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks, as described by the CVEs in the "Vulnerability Details" section. These vulnerabilities have been addressed.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2023-43804
DESCRIPTION: urllib3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw with cookie request header not stripped during cross-origin redirects. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268192 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2023-40217
DESCRIPTION: Python could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a race condition in the SSLSocket module. When the socket is closed before the TLS handshake is complete, the data is treated as if it had been encrypted by TLS. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the TLS handshake and inject a malicious client certificate into the connection and gain access to the server’s resources without being authenticated.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/264374 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
IBM X-Force ID: 263690
DESCRIPTION: Tornado Web Server is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper parsing of the HTTP Content-Length header. By sending a specially crafted HTTP(S) Content-Length header, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/263690 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent | 10.1.6 - 10.1.14 |
| IBM Storage Protect Plus File Systems Agent | 10.1.15 |
Remediation/Fixes
| IBM Storage Protect Plus Affected Versions | Fixing Level | Platform | Link to Fix and Instructions |
| 10.1.6-10.1.15 | 10.1.15.3 | Windows | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6988945 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
02 Nov 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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Modified date:
02 November 2023
UID
ibm17065539