Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM SONAS is shipped with Samba, for which a fix is available for security vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
Samba is used in IBM SONAS to enable file management and authentication services for Microsoft Windows environments.
CVEID: CVE-2017-15275
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a heap memory information leak. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain password hashes or other high-value data.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135221 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2017-14746
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free memory error. By sending a specially crafted SMB1 request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135222 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM SONAS
The product is affected when running a code releases 1.5.0.0 to 1.5.2.8
Remediation/Fixes
A fix for these issues is in version 1.5.2.9 of IBM SONAS. Customers running an affected version of SONAS should upgrade to 1.5.2.9 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.
Systems running older/unsupported versions should be upgraded to the latest V1.5.x release to obtain available security fixes.
Please contact IBM support for assistance in upgrading your system.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
21 May 2018 : Original 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 Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
ssg1S1012292