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Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server is affected by a vulnerability which could allow an unprivileged, authenticated user with access to a GPFS node to read arbitrary files available on this node (CVE-2018-1723)

Created by Prayas Gupta on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/740163
740163

Security Bulletin


Summary

The Elastic Storage Server are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale could allow an unprivileged, authenticated user with access to a GPFS node to read arbitrary files available on this node (CVE-2018-1723).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1723
DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Scale could allow a GPFS command line utility allows an unprivileged, authenticated user with access to a GPFS node to read arbitrary files available on this node.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147373 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

The Elastic Storage Server 5.3  thru 5.3.1.1
The Elastic Storage Server 5.0.0  thru 5.2.3
The Elastic Storage Server 4.5.0 thru 4.6.0
The Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 thru 4.0.6

The Elastic Storage Server 3.5.0 thru 3.5.6
The Elastic Storage Server 3.0.0 thru 3.0.5
The  Elastic Storage Server 2.5.0 thru 2.5.5

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0. thru 5.3.1.1, apply V5.3.2 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=5.3.0&platform=Linux+64-bit,pSeries&function=all

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0. thru 5.2.3, apply V5.2.4  available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=5.2.0&platform=Linux+64-bit,pSeries&function=all

Notes:
If you are unable to upgrade to ESS 5.3.2 or 5.2.4, please contact IBM Service to obtain an efix:

- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3 - 5.3.1.1, reference APAR IJ08237
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.0 - 5.2.3, reference APAR IJ08232
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 - 4.6.0, reference APAR IIJ08232

-For IBM Elastic Storage Server 2.5.0 thru 3.5.6, reference APAR IJ08224

 

To contact IBM Service, see http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Internal Use Only

PR ID : 119526

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Document Information

Modified date:
26 November 2018

UID

ibm10740163

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