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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Multiple IBM Spectrum Product Vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2021-20532

IBM Spectrum Protect Client could allow a local user to escalate their privileges to take full control of the system due to insecure directory permissions.

CVE-2021-20536

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus File Systems Agent stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a local user.

CVE-2021-29694

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.

Impact

Unauthorized Access
Obtain Information

Affected Vendors

IBM

Affected Products

IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Enviroments 8.1.0.0
IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Enviroments 8.1.11.0
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.6
IBm Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.7
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0

Remediation

Refer to IBM Security Bulletin for more updates. .

IBM Security Bulletin 6445503 (Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments)

IBM Security Bulletin 6445739 (Spectrum Protect Plus)

IBM Security Bulletin 6445735 (Spectrum Protect Plus)

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