Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is shipped with Samba, for which a fix is available for security vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-20254
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a coding error when converting SIDs to gids. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause incorrect group entries in the Samba file server process token, and allows unauthorized access to files
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/201081 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2020-14323
DESCRIPTION: Samba is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the Winbind service. By sending a specially-crafted packet, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the winbind service.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190934 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2020-14318
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a missing permissions check on a directory handle requesting ChangeNotify. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain file name information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/191029 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Storwize V7000 Unified | 1.6.0.0 - 1.6.2.9 |
Remediation/Fixes
A fix for this issue is in version 1.6.2.10 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.6.2.10 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.
Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
11 Oct 2021: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
14 October 2021
UID
ibm16500923