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Security Bulletin: Samba vulnerability issue affects IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2017-12163)

Created by Prayas Gupta on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/698305
698305

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is shipped with Samba, for which a fix is available for a security vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

Samba is used in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified to enable file management and authentication services for Microsoft Windows environments.

CVEID: CVE-2017-12163
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a memory leak over SMB1. By sending specially crafted SMB1 data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause portions of server memory contents to be written to a file and obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/132351 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:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.0.0 to 1.6.2.2

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for this issue is in version 1.6.2.3 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Version 1.5 is end of service. Customers running on this release can upgrade to IBM Storwize V7000 Unified version1.6.2.3, so that the fix gets applied.

Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software

Please contact IBM support for assistance in upgrading your system.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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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Internal Use Only

CQ S1064397 [PSIRT 9798] Product ID 101714 for IBM SONAS and 101715 for IFS - Open Source Samba Samba Vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-12150 CVE-2017-12151 CVE-2017-12163)

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

ssg1S1010785

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