Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server affects IBM Spectrum Scale packaged in IBM Elastic Storage Server (CVE-2018-10237)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server, used by IBM Spectrum Scale. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-10237 DESCRIPTION: Google Guava is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper eager allocation checks in the AtomicDoubleArray and CompoundOrdering class. By sending a specially-crafted data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/142508&gt; 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:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

The Elastic Storage Server 5.3 thru 5.3.2.1
The Elastic Storage Server 5.0.0 thru 5.2.5
The Elastic Storage Server 4.5.0 thru 4.6.0
The Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 thru 4.0.6

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0. thru 5.3.2.1, apply V5.3.3 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=5.3.0&platform=All&function=all

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0. thru 5.2.5.0, apply V5.2.6 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=5.2.0&platform=All&function=all

Notes:
If you are unable to upgrade to ESS 5.3.3.o or 5.2.6, please contact IBM Service to obtain an efix:

- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3-5.3.1.1, reference APAR IJ14957
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.0 - 5.2.4.0, reference APAR IJ14956
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 - 4.6.0, reference APAR IJ14956

To contact IBM Service, see <http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

None