Security Bulletin: IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2020-4412)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Elastic Storage System 3000 is affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale which could cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-4412
DESCRIPTION: The Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0 through 4.2.3.21 and 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.3 file system component is affected by a denial of service security vulnerability. An attacker can force the Spectrum Scale mmfsd/mmsdrserv daemons to unexpectedly exit, impacting the functionality of the Spectrum Scale cluster and the availability of file systems managed by Spectrum Scale. IBM X-Force ID: 179987.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179987 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Elastic Storage System 3000	6.0.0 - 6.0.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 V6.0.0. through V6.0.0.2, apply V6.0.1 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

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

24 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2020-4412)