IBM security advisory

Number: AV20-310
Date: 24 August 2020

Between 17 and 23 August 2020 IBM released Security Bulletins to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. Included were critical patches for the following:

  • IBM Spectrum Protect Plus - versions 10.1.0 to 10.1.6
  • IBM Cloud Pak System - versions 2.3.0.1 to 2.3.1.1
  • IBM Spectrum Control - 5.3.1 to 5.3.7
  • IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights - 1.3.6
  • IBM Cloud Private - 3.2.1 CD to 3.2.2 CD

The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the following web links and apply the necessary updates.

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-rsyslog-affect-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus-cve-2019-17041-cve-2019-17042-2/

IBM Cloud Pak System

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerability-identified-in-docker-for-red-hat-enterprise-linux/

IBM Spectrum Control

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-vulnerabilities-in-node-js-affect-ibm-spectrum-control-cve-2020-8172-cve-2020-8174-cve-2020-11080/

IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-vulnerability-in-apache-spark-2-4-5-and-earlier-affects-ibm-operations-analytics-predictive-insights-cve-2020-9480/

IBM Cloud Private

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cloud-private-is-vulnerable-to-multiple-node-js-vulnerabilities-cve-2020-11080-cve-2020-10531-cve-2020-8172-cve-2020-8174/

Note to Readers

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