CVE-2020-4496 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.8.x server connection to an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus workload agent is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack due to improper certificate validation. IBM X-Force ID: 182046.

Published: 2021-12-13

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Spectrum Protect Plus

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.1.0.0`	affected	—
`10.1.8.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_protect_plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-25743	The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0.0 through 10.1.8.x server connection to an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus workload agent is subject to a man-in-the-middle attack due to improper certificate validation. IBM X-Force ID: 182046.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00094.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182046
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525346

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Spectrum Protect Plus

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2021-12-13T18:35:29.007Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:22:56.865Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-4496

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-13T19:15:07.713

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:32:48.880

Link: CVE-2020-4496

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-295

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