Security Bulletin
Summary
Security Bulletin: cURL vulnerabilities CVE-2020-8169 CVE-2020-8177 impact IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 3.9.6.2 and earlier and Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 3.9.6.2 and earlier. The fix was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 4.0.0 and Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 4.0.0.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-8169
DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to correctly URL encode the credential data when set using an curl_easy_setopt option. The host name and partial password is leaked in cleartext over DNS on HTTP redirect. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183930 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2020-8177
DESCRIPTION: cURL could allow a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, caused by the improper handling of certain parameters when using -J (--remote-header-name) and -I (--include) in the same command line. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite a local file.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183931 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)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server | 3.9.6.2 and earlier |
| IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint | 3.9.6.2 and earlier |
Remediation/Fixes
The fix for the vulnerability was delivered in IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 4.0.0 and Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint 4.0.0
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
10 Dec 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:
11 December 2020
Initial Publish date:
10 December 2020
UID
ibm16381376