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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Client may affect IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows and IBM Spectrum Protect HSM for Windows

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Summary

The IBM Spectrum Protect Client is used as a component of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows and IBM Spectrum Protect HSM for Windows. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting the IBM Spectrum Protect Client have been published in security bulletins.

Vulnerability Details

Refer to the security bulletin(s) listed in the Remediation/Fixes section

Affected Products and Versions

Principal Product and Version(s)
Affected Supporting Product and Version
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows version 8.1 (see Note 1)
IBM Spectrum Protect Client version 8.1 (see Note 2)
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows version 4.1 (see Note 1)
IBM Spectrum Protect Client version 7.1 (see Note 2)
IBM Spectrum Protect HSM for Windows version 8.1 (see Note 1)
IBM Spectrum Protect Client/API version 8.1
IBM Spectrum Protect HSM for Windows version 7.1 (see Note 1)
IBM Spectrum Protect Client/API version 7.1


Note 1
IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows and IBM Spectrum Protect HSM for Windows must be at the same Fix Pack Level as the IBM Spectrum Protect Client/API.  Within a given Fix Pack level the interim fix level can be different.  

For example:
If the Principal Product is at 8.1.11 and the security issue is fixed in the client version 8.1.11.2, then the client can be upgraded to 8.1.11.2.
If the Principal Product is at 8.1.11 and the security issue is fixed in the client version 8.1.12, then the principal product must upgrade to 8.1.12.

Note 2
The IBM Spectrum Protect Client is also referred to as the FlashCopy Manager VSS Requestor component.


Remediation/Fixes

Refer to the following security bulletins published for the IBM Spectrum Protect Client:

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

15 Jun 2021: 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 February 2022

Initial Publish date:
15 June 2021

UID

ibm16463981

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