Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Elastic Storage Server where an attacker can cause a denial of service (CVE-2020-4382)

Security Bulletin

Summary

A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Elastic Storage Server that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. A fix for this vulnerability is available.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-4382
DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service during deployment or upgrade pertaining to xcat services.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179163 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

The Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0 through 5.3.6

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.3.0 thru 5.3.6, apply V5.3.7 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

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Acknowledgement

Change History

17 Aug 2020: Initial Publication

*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

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Elastic Storage Server where an attacker can cause a denial of service (CVE-2020-4382)