IBM Spectrum Protect 7.l Client Backup/Archive Operation data processing

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Spectrum Protect 7.l (Backup Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Client Backup/Archive Operation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data processing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-19. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A IBM Spectrum Protect 7.l client backup or archive operation running for an HP-UX VxFS object is silently skipping Access Control List (ACL) entries from backup or archive if there are more than twelve ACL entries associated with the object in total. As a result, it could allow a local attacker to restore or retrieve the object with incorrect ACL entries. IBM X-Force ID: 159418.

The weakness was presented 07/22/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-4236 since 01/03/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/05/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-138444 for similar entry.

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Class: Data processing
CWE: CWE-19
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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01/03/2019 🔍
07/22/2019 +200 days 🔍
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11/05/2023 +1566 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-4236 (🔍)
X-Force: 159418

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2019 06:50 AM
Updated: 11/05/2023 12:43 PM
Changes: 07/23/2019 06:50 AM (41), 07/09/2020 12:14 PM (18), 11/05/2023 12:37 PM (3), 11/05/2023 12:43 PM (12)
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