Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Protect Server vulnerable to offline dictionary and brute force attacks (CVE-2022-22496, CVE-2022-22487)

Summary

The IBM Spectrum Protect Server is vulnerable to an offline dictionary attack when using SESSIONSECURITY=TRANSITIONAL. The IBM Spectrum Protect Storage agent is vulnerable to a brute force attack by allowing unlimited attempts to login to the storage agent without locking the administrative ID.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-22496
**DESCRIPTION:**While a user account for the IBM Spectrum Protect server is being established, it may be configured to use SESSIONSECURITY=TRANSITIONAL. While in this mode, it may be susceptible to an offline dictionary attack.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226942 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-22487
**DESCRIPTION:**An IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent could allow a remote attacker to perform a brute force attack by allowing unlimited attempts to login to the storage agent without locking the administrative ID. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using brute force techniques to gain unauthorized administrative access to both the IBM Spectrum Protect storage agent and the IBM Spectrum Protect server with which it communicates.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226326 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

_IBM Spectrum Protect Server Affected Versions
_|Fixing
Level|Platform|_Link to Fix and Instructions
_
—|—|—|—
8.1.0.000-8.1.14.xxx| 8.1.15| AIX
Linux
Windows| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6595513&gt;

NOTE: APAR IT40425 was created for CVE-2022-22487.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None