Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by Python vulnerabilities

Summary

IBM Security Guardium has addressed the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-9948
**DESCRIPTION:**Python could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation by the urllib. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the blocklist file: URIs protection mechanisms.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/158831 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2019-9947
**DESCRIPTION:**Python is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input in urllib and urllib2. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/158830 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

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Remediation / First Fix

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IBM Security Guardium| 11.0| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Secur…
IBM Security Guardium| 11.1| http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=IBM%20Secur…

Workarounds and Mitigations

None