Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Golang Go affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift (CVE-2022-29526)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Golang Go is vulnerable to allowing a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information which may affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2022-29526
DESCRIPTION: Golang Go could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the Faccessat function when called with a non-zero flags parameter. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain accessible file information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/229593 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)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for Kubernetes	10.1.5-10.1.10.2
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for Red Hat OpenShift	10.1.7-10.1.10.2

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Affected Versions	Fixing Level	Platform	Link to Fix and Instructions
10.1.5-10.1.10.2 (Kubernetes) 10.1.7-10.1.10.2 (Red Hat OpenShift)	10.1.11	Linux	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6579841

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

27 July 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: Vulnerability in Golang Go affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift (CVE-2022-29526)