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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale could allow a local attacker to bypass the filesystem audit logging (CVE-2021-29671)

Security Bulletin


Summary

A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale FAL that could allow a local attacker to bypass the FAL mechanism. A fix for this vulnerability is available.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-29671
DESCRIPTION:   IBM Spectrum Scale could allow a local attacker to bypass the filesystem audit logging mechanism when file audit logging is enabled.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/199478 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Scale5.1.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.1.0.1, apply V5.1.0.2 or later available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.1.0&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

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

Change History

08 Apr 2021: 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:
08 April 2021

UID

ibm16441429

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