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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.0848
Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability has Been Identified in IBM
Spectrum Scale v5.0.0 shipped with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager for Software
Defined Infrastructure (SDI) v1.1.0 (CVE-2017-1654)
26 March 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Spectrum Scale
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-1654
Reference: ESB-2018.0255
ESB-2018.0084
ESB-2018.0023
ESB-2018.0018
ESB-2017.3251
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1022496
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Security Bulletin: A Security Vulnerability has Been Identified in IBM Spectrum
Scale v5.0.0 shipped with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager for Software Defined
Infrastructure (SDI) v1.1.0 (CVE-2017-1654)
Security Bulletin
Document information
More support for: PowerVC Standard Edition
Software version: 1.4.0
Operating system(s): Linux
Software edition: Standard
Reference #: N1022496
Modified date: 23 March 2018
Summary
IBM Spectrum Scale v5.0.0 is shipped with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager for
Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) v1.1.0. Information about a security
vulnerability affecting IBM Spectrum Scale v5.0.0 has been published in a
security bulletin.
Vulnerability Details
Refer to the security bulletin listed in the Remediation/Fixes section.
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager for Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) v1.1.0
Remediation/Fixes
Refer to the following security bulletin for vulnerability details and
information about fixes addressed by IBM Spectrum Scale v5.0.0, which is
shipped with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager for Software Defined Infrastructure
(SDI) v1.1.0.
+---------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
|Principal Product and |Affected Supporting Product|Affected Supporting |
|Version(s) |and Version |Product Security |
| | |Bulletin |
+---------------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------+
|IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager |IBM Spectrum Scale v5.0.0 |Security Bulletin: A |
|for Software Defined | |vulnerability has been |
|Infrastructure (SDI) v1.1.0| |identified in IBM |
| | |Spectrum Scale that |
| | |could allow a local |
| | |unprivileged user |
| | |access to information |
| | |located in dump files. |
| | |User data could be sent|
| | |to IBM during service |
| | |engagements |
| | |(CVE-2017-1654) |
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Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3
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
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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