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Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering is affected by a Java vulnerability (CVE-2020-2654)

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 8 used by IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering. The IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering have addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-2654
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Java SE Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174601 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
gpfs.tct.server1.1.2
gpfs.tct.server1.1.6
gpfs.tct.server1.1.1
gpfs.tct.server1.1.5
gpfs.tct.server1.1.7
gpfs.tct.server1.1.3
gpfs.tct.server1.1.8

Remediation/Fixes

For Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.1.0 thru 1.1.8.1 apply Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.8.2 bundled with IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.5.2 available from Fix Central at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.0.5&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

01 Sep 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 September 2020

UID

ibm16325289

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