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Security Bulletin: Quartz vulnerability affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (CVE-2019-13990)

Security Bulletin


Summary

A security vulnerability in Quartz which could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-13990
DESCRIPTION:   Terracotta could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of XML external entity (XXE) declarations by the initDocumentParser function in xml/XMLSchedulingDataProcessor.java. By persuading a victim to open specially-crafted XML content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165431 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus10.1.0-10.1.5

Remediation/Fixes

Spectrum Protect
Plus Release
First Fixing
VRM Level
PlatformLink to Fix
      10.110.1.6Linuxhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/5693313

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

12 June 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:
12 June 2020

UID

ibm16221196