Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is shipped with Samba, for which a fix is available for security vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
Samba is used in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified to enable file management and authentication services for Microsoft Windows environments.
CVEID: CVE-2015-5252
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote attacker to launch a symlink attack, caused by the improper verification of symlinks by the smbd server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to files located outside of the exported share path.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109137 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.0.0 to 1.6.0.1
Remediation/Fixes
For 1.5.* release - A fix for this issue is in version 1.5.2.4 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified.
For 1.6.* release - A fix for this issue is in version 1.6.1.0 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified.
Customers running an affected version of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.5.2.4 or 1.6.1.0, so that the fix gets applied
Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software
Workarounds and Mitigations
Workarounds:
Make sure all exported share paths do not share base path names with other directories on the file system.
Mitigation : None
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References
Change History
5 May 2016 : First draft
13 May 2016: Changes done as per comments by Legal team.
27 May 2016: Final version
*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 Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
ssg1S1005810