Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation and code injection vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus application protection (CVE-2019-4383, CVE-2019-4357)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus application protection could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges or execute arbitrary code on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-4383
DESCRIPTION: When using Spectrum Protect Plus to protect Oracle or MongoDB databases, a redirected restore operation may result in an escalation of user privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 7.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162165 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2019-4357
DESCRIPTION: When using Spectrum Protect Plus to protect Oracle, DB2 or MongoDB databases, a redirected restore operation specifying a target path may allow execution of arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161667 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.1 (Oracle)

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.2 (Oracle and Db2)

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.3 (Oracle, Db2, and MongoDB)

Remediation/Fixes

*Spectrum Protect Plus Release*	First Fixing VRM Level	*Platform*	*Link to Fix*
10.1	10.1.4	Linux AIX (Db2)	http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10879861

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

27 June 2019 - original version published

*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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Internal Use Only

Advisory 16516 Record 137609
Advisory 16517 Record 137610

Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation and code injection vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus application protection (CVE-2019-4383, CVE-2019-4357)