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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the Administrative command line client affects IBM Storage Protect Client, IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments, and IBM Storage Protect for Space Management (CVE-2023-40368)

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Summary

IBM Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client, IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments (Data Protection for Hyper-V and Data Protection for VMware), and IBM Storage Protect for Space Management, can be affected by a vulnerability in the Administrative command line interface. The vulnerability can lead to information disclosure, as described by the CVEs in the "Vulnerability Details" section.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-40368
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Storage Protect Client could allow a privileged user to obtain sensitive information from the administrative command line client.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/263456 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Storage Protect Client8.1.0.0 - 8.1.19.0
IBM Storage Protect for Space Management8.1.0.0 - 8.1.19.0
IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V8.1.0.0 - 8.1.19.0
IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware8.1.0.0 - 8.1.19.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading.

The affected product component has been updated to resolve the issue. A new processing option, -CREDENTIALSFILE, has been introduced. See the product documentation ("What's new") for more details on this change.

Product
Fixing levelPlatformsLink to fix and instructions
IBM Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client8.1.20.0AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Macintosh
Solaris
Windows
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7015829
IBM Storage Protect for Space Management8.1.20.0AIX
Linux
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7015827
IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V8.1.20.0Windowshttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7015823
IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware8.1.20.0Linux
Windows
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7015823

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

04 Oct 2023: Corrected the download link for IBM Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client
19 Sep 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:
04 October 2023

UID

ibm17034288