Security Bulletin: IBM PureApplication System is affected by a vulnerability in VMWare component (CVE-2018-6972)

Summary

There is a vulnerability in the VMWare component that is used by IBM PureApplication System. The following vulnerability has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-6972 DESCRIPTION: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in RPC handler. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the virtual machine to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147146&gt; 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

Remediation/Fixes

The solution is to upgrade the IBM PureApplication System to the following fix pack release:

IBM PureApplication V2.2.5.3

IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed version of the product. Contact IBM for assistance.

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

Workarounds and Mitigations

None