Security Bulletin
Summary
A Samba vulnerability affects IBM Spectrum Scale SMB protocol access method that could allow remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges .
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-25717
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw in mapping domain users to local users. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges as root on domain members.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/215741 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Spectrum Scale | 5.0.0 - 5.0.5.11 |
| IBM Spectrum Scale | 5.1.0 - 5.1.2.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.1.0 through V5.1.2.2, apply V5.1.2.3 or V5.1.3 or later available from FixCentral at: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.1.3&platform=Linux+PPC64LE&function=all
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
27 Apr 2022: 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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Document Information
Modified date:
27 April 2022
Initial Publish date:
27 April 2022
UID
ibm16575373