Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is vulnerable to PostgreSQL Man-in-the-Middle and Slowloris Denial of Service attacks (CVE-2021-23222, CVE-2022-22354)

Security Bulletin

Summary

PostgreSQL is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack which can affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. In addition, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is vulnerable to a Slowloris denial of service attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-23222
DESCRIPTION: PostgreSQL is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by libpq. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch a man-in-the-middle attack to inject false responses to the client's first few queries, despite the use of SSL certificate verification and encryption.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218383 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2022-22354
DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management do not limit the length of a connection which could allow for a Slowloris HTTP denial of service attack to take place. This can cause the Admin Console to become unresponsive.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220485 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus	10.1.0.0-10.1.9.2

Remediation/Fixes

BM Spectrum Protect Plus Affected Versions	Fixing Level	Platform	Link to Fix and Instructions
10.1.0.0-10.1.9.2	10.1.9.3	Linux	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6487159

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

11 March 2022: 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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Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is vulnerable to PostgreSQL Man-in-the-Middle and Slowloris Denial of Service attacks (CVE-2021-23222, CVE-2022-22354)