Security Bulletin
Summary
A fix is available for IBM Storwize V7000 Unified, for GPFS security vulnerability.
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-2018-1783
DESCRIPTION: IBM GPFS command line utility allows an unprivileged, authenticated user with access to a GPFS node to forcefully terminate GPFS and deny access to data available through GPFS.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148806 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running supported code releases 1.6.0.0 to 1.6.2.5. The product running unsupported code releases 1.5 or earlier are also affected.
Remediation/Fixes
A fix for these issues is in version v1.6.2.6 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.6.2.6 or a later version.
Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software
Systems running an unsupported version (v1.5 or earlier) should be upgraded to the current release containing the security fixes.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
26 April 2019 : 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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Internal Use Only
PR ID : 121615, Advisory id : 12951
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Document Information
Modified date:
26 April 2019
UID
ibm10878242