Security Bulletin: Arcfour vulnerability issue in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified

Summary

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified was shipped with Arcfour which uses weak client-to-server encryption algorithms, for which fix is available.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1375**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM System Storage Storwize V7000 Unified (V7000U) uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/126868 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.0.0 to 1.6.1.0

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for this issue is in version 1.6.2.0 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Version 1.5 is end of service. Customers running on this release of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified should upgrade to v1.6.2.0 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.

Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software

Workarounds and Mitigations

None