Security Bulletin
Summary
A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale that could allow one to obtain root privilege by injecting parameters into setuid files. A fix for this vulnerability is available.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) that could allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege by injecting parameters into setuid files.
CVSS Base Score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166282 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.3.2
IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.17
Remediation/Fixes
For IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.17, apply V4.2.3.18 available from FixCentral at:
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=4.2.3&platform=All&function=all
If you cannot apply the latest level of service, contact IBM Service for an efix:
- For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.3.2, reference APAR IJ18477
- For IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.17, reference APAR IJ18518
To contact IBM Service, see http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/
Workarounds and Mitigations
ls -l /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin | grep r-s
Then reset the setuid bit for each such file by issuing this command on each file
chmod u-s file
Once the workaround is applied, a number of commands may no longer work when not invoked by unprivileged users, including:
mmchfileset
mmcrsnapshot
mmdelsnapshot
mmdf
mmedquota
mmgetacl
mmlsdisk
mmlsfileset
mmlsfs
mmlsmgr
mmlspolicy
mmlspool
mmlsquota
mmlssnapshot
mmputacl
mmsnapdir
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References
*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.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
07 October 2019
UID
ibm11073732