Security Bulletin
Summary
A fix is available for IBM Storwize V7000 Unified, for GPFS security vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Details
IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) is a high-performance clustered file system. It is used in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified.
CVEID: CVE-2016-2985
DESCRIPTION: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM GPFS that could allow a local attacker to execute commands as root by setting environment variables processed by setuid programs.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114001 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2016-2984
DESCRIPTION: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM GPFS that could allow a local attacker to execute commands as root by supplying command line parameters to setuid programs.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114000 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/CI:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.*.* to 1.6.*.*
Remediation/Fixes
IBM recommends that you fix these vulnerabilities by upgrading affected versions of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified to the following code level or higher:
1.5.2.5 and 1.6.2.0.
Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software
Workarounds and Mitigations
Workaround(s): None
Mitigation(s): Ensure that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.
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References
Change History
25 Sep 2016 : First draft
*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.
Internal Use Only
CQ - S1062580 : [PSIRT 5903] IBM product record 79028 for SONAS and 79034 for IFS -Local privilege escalation in GPFS.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
ssg1S1009324