PT-2021-18397 · Ibm · Ibm Spectrum Protect Client

Published 2021-04-26 · Updated 2022-09-30 · CVE-2021-29672

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

Base vector

AC:L/C:H/PR:N/AV:L/UI:N/I:H/S:U/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Spectrum Protect Client versions 8.1.0.0-8 through 1.11.0

Description The issue is caused by improper bounds checking when processing the current locale settings, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow. A local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash.

Recommendations For IBM Spectrum Protect Client versions 8.1.0.0-8 through 1.11.0, update to a version that includes the fix for the improper bounds checking issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-29672

Affected Products

Ibm Spectrum Protect Client

References · 6

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29672 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-02 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6445497 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29672 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/13738 · Telegram Post