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Security Bulletin: IBM PureApplication System is affected by a GPFS vulnerability (CVE-2018-1783) for Power on Linux

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in the GPFS component that is used by IBM PureApplication System for Power racks on Linux OS. IBM has released Version 2.2.6.0 for IBM PureApplication System, in response to CVE-2018-1783. IBM PureApplication System provides a GPFS pattern and addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1783
DESCRIPTION: IBM GPFS command line utility allows an unprivileged, authenticated user with access to a GPFS node to forcefully terminate GPFS and deny access to data available through GPFS.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148806 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM PureApplication System V2.2.3.0
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.3.1
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.3.2
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.4.0
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.5.0
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.5.1
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.5.2
IBM PureApplication System V2.2.5.3

Remediation/Fixes

For Power on Linux:

Upgrade IBM PureApplication System to the following fix pack release:

- V2.2.6.0


Contact IBM for assistance.

Information on upgrading can be found here: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27039159

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

May 31, 2019: Original document published

*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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Internal Use Only

Advisory ID 12951

Product ID 121614

RTC Defect 244246

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Document Information

Modified date:
31 May 2019

UID

ibm10881075

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