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Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect IBM Storage Scale Hadoop Connector

Security Bulletin


Summary

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the IBM Storage Scale (GPFS) Hadoop connector which could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. Fixes for these vulnerabilities are available.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-28165
DESCRIPTION:   Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input valistion. By sending a specially-crafted TLS frame, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause CPU resources to reach to 100% usage.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199305 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2020-27216
DESCRIPTION:   Eclipse Jetty could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a race condition in the creation of the temporary subdirectory. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/190474 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Storage Scale5.1.0.0 - 5.1.8.2 (HDFS transperancy V3.2.2-0 - 3.2.2-5 and V3.1.1-0 - 3.1.1-14)

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Storage Scale V5.1.0.0 through V5.1.8.2, apply V5.1.9.0 or later available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale&release=5.1.9&platform=All&function=all

If you cannot apply the latest level of service, contact IBM Service.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

01 Jan 2024: 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:
01 January 2024

UID

ibm17104389