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Security Bulletin: Samba vulnerability issue on IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2019-10218)

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Summary

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

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-10218
DESCRIPTION:   Samba could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper validation of input when processing directory traversal sequences in filenames within Samba client code (libsmbclient). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create local files outside the current working directory.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170503 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

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

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for this issue is in version 1.6.2.8 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of 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

ibm16212134