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             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

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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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

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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

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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." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY 
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS 
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT 
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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