Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in cryptography affect IBM Spectrum Sentinel Anomaly Scan Engine (239927)

Summary

Vulnerabilities in python cryptography affect IBM Spectrum Sentinel Anomaly Scan Engine. Vulnerabilities include: Python cryptography allowing remote attacker to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

**IBM X-Force ID:**239927
**DESCRIPTION:**Python Cryptographic Authority cryptography is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the OpenSSL library. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/239927 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Storage Sentinel Anomaly Scan Engine	1.1.0 - 1.1.5

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Spectrum Sentinel Anomaly Scan Engine

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Fixing Level

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Platform

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Link to Fix and Instructions

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1.1.0-1.1.5

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1.1.6

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Linux

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<https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7070601&gt;

Please refer to IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management security bulletins for the Spectrum Copy Data Management vulnerabilities.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None