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Security Bulletin: IBM Aspera Faspex is vulnerable to multiple encryption vulnerabilities.

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Summary

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.8 has addressed multiple encryption vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-22869, CVE-2023-37396, CVE-2023-27279, CVE-2023-37395, CVE-2023-37397, CVE-2022-40745)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-22869
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Aspera Faspex stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/244119 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-37396
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Aspera Faspex could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information due to improper encryption of certain data.
CVSS Base score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/259671 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-27279
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Aspera Faspex 5 could allow a user to cause a denial of service due to missing API rate limiting.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/248533 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-37395
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Aspera Faspex could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information due to improper encryption of certain data.
CVSS Base score: 2.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/259669 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-37397
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Aspera Faspex could allow a local user to obtain or modify sensitive information due to improper encryption of certain data.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/259672 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-40745
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Aspera Faspex 5 could allow a local user to obtain sensitive information due to weaker than expected security.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/236452 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Aspera Faspex 55.0.0 - 5.0.7

Remediation/Fixes

It is recommended to apply the fix as soon as possible, see link below.

ProductFixing VRMPlatformLink to Fix
IBM Aspera Faspex
5.0.8
Linuxclick here

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

18 Apr 2024: 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:
18 April 2024

UID

ibm17148632