Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is shipped with Samba, for which a fix is available for security vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
Samba is used in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified to enable file management and authentication services for Microsoft Windows environments.
CVEID: CVE-2016-2125
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure of handling the PAC checksum. By using a specially-crafted Kerberos ticket, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain privileges or cause the winbindd process to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119906 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2016-2126
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by forwarding a Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) to other service when using Kerberos authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to impersonate the authenticated user and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119968 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.0.0 to 1.6.2.0
Remediation/Fixes
For 1.5.0.0 - 1.5.2.5 release - A fix for this issue is in version 1.5.2.6 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified.
For 1.6.0.0 - 1.6.2.0 release - A fix for this issue is in version 1.6.2.1 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified.
Customers running an affected version of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.5.2.6 or 1.6.2.1, so that the fix gets applied
Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
16 May 2017: 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
ssg1S1010052