Security Bulletin
Summary
There are vulnerabilities in Curl that affect PowerSC.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to strip off user credentials from the URL when automatically populating the Referer: HTTP request header field in outgoing HTTP requests. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain user credentials, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199186 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-22890
DESCRIPTION: cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by a session tickets confusing issue when using a HTTPS proxy and TLS 1.3. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack and gain access to the communication channel between endpoints to obtain sensitive information or further compromise the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199188 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| PowerSC | 1.2, 1.3 |
The vulnerabilities in the following filesets are being addressed:
| Fileset | Lower Level | Upper Level |
| powerscStd.tnc_pm | 1.2.0.3 | 1.3.0.5 |
| curl-7.76.1-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm | 7.19.4 | 7.76.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Fixes are available.
The fixes can be downloaded via ftp or http from:
The link above is to a tar file containing this signed advisory, open source fix packages, and OpenSSL signatures for each package.
To extract the fixes from the tar file:
tar xvf curl_fix6.tar
cd curl_fix6
Verify you have retrieved the fixes intact:
The checksums below were generated using the "openssl dgst -sha256 [filename]" command as the following:
|
openssl dgst -sha256 |
filename |
|
95ae1e55a1bd3d6311bd20363c3b596003391dd2902b99c4e58fa40226c3d0af |
curl-7.76.1-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm |
|
08ddc62bc54d7e7ac7e7cd5b1f79dddca7c559f0b7c8c63a7685404236a264ca |
ca-certificates-2020.06.01-2.aix6.1.ppc.rpm |
|
f79ef9e87fadb23574ce4da53aa79bdf45668e138d9da3975ff22aef511c265e |
krb5-libs-1.18.3-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm |
|
5c107b7919f89bfc9f76dd2bd4fe15e650c8ed303010ea094b1f799bfdae605c |
openldap-2.4.58-1.aix6.1.ppc.rpm |
These sums should match exactly. The OpenSSL signatures in the tar file and on this advisory can also be used to verify the integrity of the fixes. If the sums or signatures cannot be confirmed, contact IBM Support.
openssl dgst -sha1 -verify <pubkey_file> -signature <advisory_file>.sig <advisory_file>
openssl dgst -sha1 -verify <pubkey_file> -signature <ifix_file>.sig <ifix_file>
Published advisory OpenSSL signature file location:
B. FIX AND INTERIM FIX INSTALLATION
IMPORTANT: If possible, it is recommended that a mksysb backup of the system be created. Verify it is both bootable and readable before proceeding.
To extract the fixes from the tar file:
tar xvf curl_fix6.tar
cd curl_fix6
To install a fix package:
rpm -ivh *.rpm
rpm -Uvh *.rpm
Interim fixes have had limited functional and regression testing but not the full regression testing that takes place for Service Packs; however, IBM does fully support them.
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
25 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
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
14 June 2022
UID
ibm16471359