CVE-2020-5019

Medium

Description

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.6 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by improper validation of input by the HOST headers. By sending a specially crafted HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject HTTP HOST header, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking. IBM X-Force ID: 193655.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductIbm Spectrum Protect Plus
PublishedJan 8, 2021
First seenJan 8, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • ibm spectrum_protect_plus10.1.7 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ibm spectrum_protect_plus10.1.0 ≤ v < 10.1.710.1.7

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