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Security Bulletin: Information Disclosure in IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center (CVE-2021-38901)

Security Bulletin


Summary

If tracing is enabled in Operations Center, user credentials may be displayed in the trace file in plain text.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-38901
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center, under special configurations, could allow a local user to obtain highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209610 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center7.1.0.000-7.1.13.xxx

Remediation/Fixes


Operations
Center Release		First Fixing
VRM Level		PlatformAPAR   
Link to Fix
       7.1  7.1.14AIX
Linux
Windows

IT38340

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6518992

 

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

To minimize exposure to this vulnerability, do not turn on tracing unless instructed to do so by IBM and delete existing trace files that are no longer needed.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

10 December 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:
15 December 2021

UID

ibm16524924

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