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Security Bulletin: IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 is affected by weak crypto algorithm (CVE-2020-4349)

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Summary

A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 GUI that could allow an unauthorised user to execute commands . A fix for this vulnerability is available.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4349
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0.0 through 5.0.4.4 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 178423.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178423 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Elastic Storage System 30006.0.0 - 6.0.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 V6.0.0 thru 6.0.0.2, apply V6.0.1.0 available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=6.0.0&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

21 Aug 2020: 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
25 May 2022

UID

ibm16320895

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