Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2020-2654)

Security Bulletin

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 8 used by IBM Spectrum Scale. This vulnerability 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

IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.4.4

IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.20

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.4.4, apply V5.0.5.0 available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.0.5&platform=All&function=all

For IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.20, apply V4.2.3.21 available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=4.2.3&platform=All&function=all

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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Acknowledgement

Change History

9 June 2020: Updated fix central link and release name

*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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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2020-2654)