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Security Bulletin: Samba vulnerability issue in IBM SONAS (CVE-2017-7494)

Created by Prayas Gupta on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/697783
697783

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-2017-7494
DESCRIPTION:
Samba could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper access to named pipe endpoints. By uploading a specially-crafted shared library to a writeable share, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/126417 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/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 1.5.2.6

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for this issue is in version 1.5.2.7 of IBM SONAS. Customers running an affected version of SONAS should upgrade to 1.5.2.7 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.

Please contact IBM support for assistance in upgrading your system.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workaround : No

Mitigation : No

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References

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Change History

9 August 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

ssg1S1010483