Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Elastic Storage Server where an attacker can cause a denial of service (CVE-2020-4382)

Summary

A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Elastic Storage Server that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. A fix for this vulnerability is available.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4382
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service during deployment or upgrade pertaining to xcat services.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179163 for the current score.
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

The Elastic Storage Server 5.3.0 through 5.3.6

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.3.0 thru 5.3.6, apply V5.3.7 available from FixCentral at:

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

Workarounds and Mitigations

None