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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2015.1439 Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GPFS affect InfoSphere BigInsights (CVE-2015-0197, CVE-2015-0198, CVE-2015-0199) 2 June 2015 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Publisher: IBM Operating System: Red Hat SUSE Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Existing Account Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2015-0199 CVE-2015-0198 CVE-2015-0197 Original Bulletin: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21903776 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GPFS affect InfoSphere BigInsights (CVE-2015-0197, CVE-2015-0198, CVE-2015-0199) Security Bulletin Document information More support for: InfoSphere BigInsights Software version: 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 3.0, 3.0.0.1, 3.0.0.2 Operating system(s): Linux Red Hat - pSeries, Linux Red Hat - xSeries, Linux SUSE - xSeries Reference #: 1903776 Modified date: 2015-06-01 Summary GPFS is an IBM component that can be used as distributed file system in Big Insights. The GPFS that is shipped with InfoSphere BigInsights contains multiple security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a local attacker to execute programs with root privileges, and cause memory corruption. InfoSphere BigInsights has addressed the vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-0197 DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel File System could allow a local attacker which only has a non-privileged account to execute programs with root privileges. CVSS Base Score: 6.9 CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/101224 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) CVEID: CVE-2015-0199 DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel File System allows attackers to cause kernel memory corruption by issuing specific ioctl calls to a character device provided by the mmfslinux kernel module and escalate privileges or cause a denial of service. CVSS Base Score: 6.9 CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/101226 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) CVEID: CVE-2015-0198 DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel File System may not properly authenticate network requests and could allow an attacker to execute programs remotely with root privileges. CVSS Base Score: 9.3 CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/101225 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Affected Products and Versions Customers who have setup GPFS as BigInsights distributed file system. IBM InfoSphere BigInsights 2.1 through 3.0.0.2 Remediation/Fixes The recommended solution is to apply the appropriate fix for this vulnerability. For all the affected versions apply the interim fix available from Fix Central Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this. References Complete CVSS Guide On-line Calculator V2 Related information IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog Change History June 01, 2015: 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 According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and priority of response." 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