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Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Control is vulnerable to multiple weaknesses related to Apache Groovy

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Summary

Vulnerabilities in Apache Groovy such as remote attacker executing arbitrary code on the system, allowing a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, may affect IBM Spectrum Control. These vulnerabilities have been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2015-3253
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Groovy could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the failure to isolate serialization code when using standard Java serialization mechanim to communicate between servers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to deserialize objects and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104819 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2016-6814
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Groovy could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a deserialization error. By a specially crafted serialized object, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123944 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-17521
DESCRIPTION:   Apache Groovy could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a race condition in the creation of the temporary directory. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192720 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Control5.4

Remediation/Fixes

ReleaseFirst Fixing
VRM Level
 Link to Fix
5.45.4.10https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/latest-downloads-ibm-spectrum-control
 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

02 March 2023: 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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Document Information

Modified date:
06 March 2023

UID

ibm16960481