Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks as it does not make SMB signing mandatory.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-2115
DESCRIPTION: Samba 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x before 4.3.8, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 does not require SMB signing within a DCERPC session over ncacn_np, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SMB clients by modifying the client-server data stream.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111942 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Spectrum Protect Plus | 10.1.0-10.1.4 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Spectrum Protect Plus Release | First Fixing VRM Level | APAR | Platform | Link to Fix |
| 10.1 | 10.1.5 | IT30175 | Linux | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm11072392 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
22 Nov 2019: Initial Publication
*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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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
20 December 2019
UID
ibm11107195