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Security Bulletin: IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is affected by vulnerability in GPFS (CVE-2019-4558)

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Summary

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is shipped with GPFS, for which a fix is available for a security vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-4558
DESCRIPTION:   A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.3.2 and IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.17 that could allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege by injecting parameters into setuid files.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166282 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Storwize V7000 Unified1.6.0.0 - 1.6.2.7

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version 1.6.2.8 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of Storwize V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.6.2.8 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.

Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

20 May 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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Document Information

Modified date:
20 May 2020

UID

ibm16212133