CVE-2022-22478: Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client (CVE-2022-22478, CVE-2022-22474)

Security Bulletin

Summary

The IBM Spectrum Protect back-up archive client is vulnerable to information disclosure as user credentials are stored in memory in plain text. The back-up archive client is also vulnerable to a denial of service due to certain read operations on TCP/IP sockets.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2022-22478
DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Protect Client stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a local user.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225886 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-2022-22474
DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Protect dsmcad, dsmc, and dsmcsvc processes incorrectly handle certain read operations on TCP/IP sockets. This can result in a denial of service for IBM Spectrum Protect client operations.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225348 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)

Version(s)

IBM Spectrum Protect Client

8.1.0.0-8.1.14.0

Remediation/Fixes

NOTE: APAR IT40671 was created for CVE-2022-22474.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

References

Off

Acknowledgement

Change History

29 June 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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