Security Bulletin: Ansible vulnerability affects IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 (CVE-2020-1734)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Ansible, which is used in IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-1734
DESCRIPTION: Ansible could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a flaw in the pipe lookup plugin. By sending a specially-crafted request to overwrite the ansible facts, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/177170 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Elastic Storage System 3000	6.0.0 - 6.0.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 V6.0.0. through V6.0.0.1, apply V6.0.0.2 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=6.0.0&platform=All&function=all

Notes:
If you are unable to upgrade to ESS 3000 V6.0.0.2, please contact IBM Service to obtain an efix:

- For IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 V6.0.0 through 6.0.0.1, reference APAR IJ24202

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

21 Apr 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: Ansible vulnerability affects IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 (CVE-2020-1734)