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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in netty affects IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud TierCVE-(2021-21295)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Netty is used by IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering. IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-21295
DESCRIPTION:   Netty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by improper validation of Content-Length header by the Http2MultiplexHandler. By sending specially crafted HTTP request headers, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack, or obtain sensitive information from request.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197999 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
gpfs.tct.client1.1.5
gpfs.tct.server1.1.2
gpfs.tct.server1.1.6
gpfs.tct.client1.1.3
gpfs.tct.client1.1.2
gpfs.tct.server1.1.1
gpfs.tct.client1.1.1
gpfs.tct.server1.1.5
gpfs.tct.server1.1.7
gpfs.tct.server1.1.3
gpfs.tct.server1.1.8
gpfs.tct.server1.1.4

Remediation/Fixes

For Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.1.0 thru 1.1.8.4, apply Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.8.4 bundled with IBM Spectrum Scale V5.1.1.3 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.1.1&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

15 Jul 2021: 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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Document Information

Modified date:
15 July 2021

UID

ibm16472883

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