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Security Bulletin: A Vulnerability in Java affects the IBM FlashSystem models V840 and V9000

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1074326
1074326

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in Java to which the IBM FlashSystem™ V840 and FlashSystem V9000 are susceptible (CVE-2019-2602). An exploit of CVE-2019-2602 could make the system susceptible to a denial of service attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-2602
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a high availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159698 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Storage Node machine type and models (MTMs) affected:

  • 9846-AE1 and 9848-AE1
  • 9846-AE2 and 9848-AE2
  • 9846-AE3 and 9848-AE3
 

Controller Node MTMs affected:

  • 9846-AC0 and 9848-AC0
  • 9846-AC1 and 9848-AC1
  • 9846-AC2 and 9848-AC2
  • 9846-AC3 and 9848-AC3

Supported storage node code versions which are affected
  • VRMFs prior to 1.5.2.6
  • VRMFs prior to 1.6.1.0

Supported controller node code versions which are affected
  • VRMFs prior to 7.8.1.10
  • VRMFs prior to 8.2.1.6
  • VRMFs prior to 8.3.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

MTMs

 VRMF APAR Remediation/First Fix
Storage nodes:
9846-AE1, 9848-AE1, 9846-AE2, 9848-AE2, 9846-AE3, & 9848-AE3

Controller nodes: 
9846-AC0, 9846-AC1, 9848-AC0, 9848-AC1, 9846-AC2, 9848-AC2, 9846-AC3, & 9848-AC3
Code fixes are now available, the minimum VRMF containing the fix depends on the code stream: 

Fixed Code VRMF 
1.6 stream: 1.6.1.0
1.5 stream: 1.5.2.6

Controller Node VRMF 
8.3 stream: 8.3.0.0
8.2 stream: 8.2.1.6
7.8 stream: 7.8.1.10
 N/A
FlashSystem V840 fixes or FlashSystem V9000 fixes for storage and controller node are available @ IBM’s Fix Central
Note: Not all streams may be supported for upgrade for different products. Refer to the Fix Central links above for available fixes for the appropriate product.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Upgrade to a remediated code level.

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None.

Change History

7 October 2019 Original Version Published

*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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Internal Use Only

Adv. 16133
PR: 136052, 135973

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
09 October 2019

UID

ibm11074326

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