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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.2061
Security Bulletin: IBM PureApplication System is affected by
a security vulnerability. (CVE-2015-1890)
11 August 2015
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM PureApplication System
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: AIX
Red Hat
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2015-1890
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21964025
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Security Bulletin: IBM PureApplication System is affected by a security
vulnerability. (CVE-2015-1890)
Document information
More support for:
PureApplication System
Security
Software version:
2.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.1.0.0, 2.1.0.1
Operating system(s):
AIX, Linux Red Hat - xSeries
Reference #:
1964025
Modified date:
2015-08-10
Security Bulletin
Summary
A security vulnerability have been identified in the General Parallel File
System gpfs.snap service tool that affects IBM PureApplication System.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-1890
DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel File System could allow someone who has
access to a snap file generated by the gpfs.snap tool
(/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/gpfs.snap) to read the private keys of certificates used by
GPFS for daemon communications via the TLS protocol.
CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101382 for the current
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
This vulnerability affects IBM PureApplication Server and the GPFS pattern
type included in:
IBM PureApplication System V2.0
IBM PureApplication System V2.1
Remediation/Fixes
The solution is to upgrade the IBM PureApplication System to the following fix
levels and update deployments that implement the GPFS pattern type using the
GPFS Pattern Interim Fix:
IBM PureApplication System V2.1
Upgrade to IBM PureApplication System V2.1.0.1
GPFS Pattern Interim Fix is located at:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes?parent=PureSystems&product=ibm/WebSphere/PureApplication+System&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=update-gpfs-1.2.1.0&includeSupersedes=0
IBM PureApplication System V2.0
Upgrade to IBM PureApplication System V2.0.0.1 Interim Fix 4
GPFS Pattern Interim Fix is located at:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/downloadFixes?parent=PureSystems&product=ibm/WebSphere/PureApplication+System&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=update-gpfs-1.2.0.0_1.2.0.1_and_1.2.0.2&includeSupersedes=0
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
10 August 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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