Security Bulletin: Multiple urllib vulnerabilities may affect IBM Storage Scale (CVE-2023-43804)

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in urllib repo, used by the IBM Storage Scale call home feature, which could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-45803
**DESCRIPTION:**urllib3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw with not remove the HTTP request body when an HTTP redirect response using status 303. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/269079 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2023-43804
**DESCRIPTION:**urllib3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw with cookie request header not stripped during cross-origin redirects. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268192 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Storage Scale V5.1.0.0 through V5.1.2.14, apply V5.1.2.15 or later available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%20Power%20HPC%20Stack&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.1.2&platform=All&function=all

For IBM Storage Scale V5.1.3.0 through V5.1.9.0, apply V5.1.9.1 or later available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale&release=5.1.9&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None