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Security Bulletin: There are multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel used in IBM Elastic Storage System

Security Bulletin


Summary

There are security vulnerabilities in versions of Linux Kernel that are shipped with versions of IBM Elastic Storage System. A fix for these vulnerabilities is available.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-45485
DESCRIPTION:   Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improperly consider attacks from many IPv6 source addresses in net/ipv6/output_core.c in the IPv6 implementation. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216133 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-45486
DESCRIPTION:   Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the use of small hash table in net/ipv4/route.c in the IPv4 implementation. By utilize cryptographic attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216134 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Elastic Storage System6.1.0.0 - 6.1.3.1

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM Elastic Storage System 3000, 3200, 3500 and 5000 to the following code levels or higher:

V6.1.4.0 or later.

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=6.1.4&platform=All&function=all

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

25 Aug 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 August 2022

Initial Publish date:
25 August 2022

UID

ibm16615959