Security Bulletin: IBM PureApplication System is affected by a security vulnerability. (CVE-2015-1890)

Security Bulletin

Summary

A security vulnerability have been identified in the General Parallel File System gpfs.snap service tool that affects IBM PureApplication System.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-1890

DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel File System could allow someone who has access to a snap file generated by the gpfs.snap tool (/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/gpfs.snap) to read the private keys of certificates used by GPFS for daemon communications via the TLS protocol.
CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101382 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

This vulnerability affects IBM PureApplication Server and the GPFS pattern type included in:

Remediation/Fixes

The solution is to upgrade the IBM PureApplication System to the following fix levels and update deployments that implement the GPFS pattern type using the GPFS Pattern Interim Fix:

IBM PureApplication System V2.1

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes?parent=PureSystems&product=ibm/WebSphere/PureApplication+System&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=update-gpfs-1.2.1.0&includeSupersedes=0

IBM PureApplication System V2.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

10 August 2015: 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.

Disclaimer

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Security Bulletin: IBM PureApplication System is affected by a security vulnerability. (CVE-2015-1890)