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IBM Updates

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Classification
These posts contain security alerts, including digital loopholes, electronic attacks, technical updates, and they are classified base on the level of severity.

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Warning Date

Severity Level

Warning Number

Target Sector

28 April, 2021

● High

2021-2839

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Description:

IBM has released a security update to address several vulnerabilities in their products, the most important ones:

  • IBM Spectrum Scale
    • 5.0.0 – 5.0.5.6
    • 5.1.0 – 5.1.0.2
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Db2 on AIX and Linux
    • 8.1.0.0-8.1.11.0
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Custom Applications on AIX and Linux
    • 8.1.0.0-8.1.11.0
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle on AIX and Linux
    • 8.1.0.0-8.1.11.0
  • IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle with SAP on AIX and Linux
    • 8.1.0.0-8.1.11.0
  • All fix pack levels of IBM Db2 V9.7, V10.1, V10.5, V11.1, and V11.5
  • IBM Transformation Extender
    • 9.0
    • 10.0
    • 10.1
  • WebSphere Transformation Extender
    • 8.4.1
  • all versions of Liberty for Java in IBM Cloud up to and including v3.55.
  • BAM
    • 1.0
  • APM SaaS
    • 8.1.4
  • APM on-premise
    • 8.1.4
  • ICAM
    • 2019.3.0
  • IBM Tivoli Monitoring
    • 6.3.0 Fix Pack 7 Service Pack 5 (or later Service Pack)
  • Content Collector for Email
    • 4.0.x

Threats:

Attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:

  • Denial of service attack (DoS)
  • Execute arbitrary code
  • XML external entity (XXE) attack
  • Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

Best practice and Recommendations:

The CERT team encourages users to review IBM security advisory and apply the necessary updates:

Last updated at 28 April, 2021

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