Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Bash affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (CVE-2019-9924)

Summary

A vulnerability in Bash could allow a remote attacker to executive arbitrary commands on the system which may affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-9924
**DESCRIPTION:**Bash could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by the failure to prevent the shell user from modifying BASH_CMDS in the rbash. By modifying BASH_CMDS, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the permissions of the shell.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/158906 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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Workarounds and Mitigations

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