Insufficient verification of data authenticity in IBM Storage Scale



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-37920
CWE-ID CWE-345
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 IBM Storage Scale System
Server applications / File servers (FTP/HTTP)

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Insufficient verification of data authenticity

EUVDB-ID: #VU79296

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-37920

CWE-ID: CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exist due to software recognizes "e-Tugra" root certificates, which were subject to an investigation prompted by reporting of security issues in their systems. An attacker with ability to generate certificates signed with the  compromised "e-Tugra" root certificate can perform MitM attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Storage Scale System: before 5.1.2.14

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7077499


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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