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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects in IBM Elastic Storage Server (CVE-2020-2654)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6192921
6192921

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 8 used by IBM Elastic Storage Server. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in Jan 2020.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-2654
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Java SE Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174601 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

The Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0 thru 5.3.5.2
The Elastic Storage Server 5.0.0 thru 5.2.9
The Elastic Storage Server 4.5.0 thru 4.6.0
The Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 thru 4.0.6

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0 thru 5.3.5.2, apply V5.3.6 available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=All&platform=All&function=all

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0 thru 5.2.9, apply V5.2.10  available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&function=fixid&fixids=ESS_DME_BASEIMAGE-5.2.9-power-Linux

 

If you are unable to upgrade to ESS 5.3.6 or 5.2.10, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix:

- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0-5.3.5.2, reference APAR IJ24114
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.0.0- 5.2.9, reference APAR  IJ23586
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 - 4.6.0, reference APAR  IJ23586

To contact IBM Service, see http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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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

Change History

17 Aug 2020: Final 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 August 2020

UID

ibm16192921

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