CVE-2019-4140 Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect

What is CVE-2019-4140?

CVE-2019-4140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, published on 2 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server (IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1) could allow a local user to replace existing databases by restoring old data. IBM X-Force ID: 158336.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4140?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Spectrum Protect.

How do I fix CVE-2019-4140?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-4140 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4140 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect

• CVE-2020-4415 Memory corruption in Spectrum Protect Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-4210 Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-4211 Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-4212 Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-4213 Command injection in Spectrum Protect Plus Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mf6v-qf3m-692g.