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Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by Python vulnerabilities

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Summary

IBM Security Guardium has addressed the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-9948
DESCRIPTION:   Python could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation by the urllib. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the blocklist file: URIs protection mechanisms.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/158831 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2019-9947
DESCRIPTION:   Python is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input in urllib and urllib2. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/158830 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Security Guardium11.0
IBM Security Guardium11.1

Remediation/Fixes

Product
VRMF
Remediation / First Fix
IBM Security Guardium11.0http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Secur…
IBM Security Guardium11.1http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Secur…

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

02 Sep 2020: Initial Publication
05 Oct 2020: Second 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:
05 October 2020

Initial Publish date:
02 September 2020

UID

ibm16342923