Security Bulletin: The Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale

Summary

The Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server are affected by a multiple GSKit vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1431 DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability in GSKit affects IBM Spectrum Scale that could allow a local attacker to obtain control of the Spectrum Scale daemon and to access and modify files in the Spectrum Scale file system, and possibly to obtain administrator privileges on the node.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139240&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1447 DESCRIPTION: The GSKit CMS KDB logic fails to salt the hash function resulting in weaker than expected protection of passwords. A weak password may be recovered. Note: After update the customer should change password to ensure the new password is stored more securely. Products should encourage customers to take this step as a high priority action.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139972&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-3732 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a carry propagating bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information about the private key.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121313&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:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0705 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double-free error when parsing DSA private keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/111140&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

The Elastic Storage Server 5.0.0 thru 5.3.0.1
The Elastic Storage Server 5.0.0 thru 5.2.2
The Elastic Storage Server 4.5.0 thru 4.6.0
The Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 thru 4.0.6
The Elastic Storage Server 3.5.0 thru 3.5.6
The Elastic Storage Server 3.0.0 thru 3.0.5
The Elastic Storage Server 2.5.0 thru 2.5.5
The GPFS Storage Server 2.0.0 thru 2.0.7

Remediation/Fixes

For ESS 4.5.0 thru 4.6.0, customers should upgrade to ESS 5.3.1
For ESS 4.0.0 thru 4.0.6, customers should upgrade to ESS 5.3.1
For ESS 3.5.0 thru 3.5.6, customers should upgrade to ESS 5.3.1
For ESS 3.0.0 thru 3.0.5, customers should upgrade to ESS 5.3.1
For ESS 2.5.0 thru 2.5.5, customers should upgrade to ESS 5.3.1

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0. thru 5.3.0.1, apply V5.3.1 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Softw…

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0. thru 5.2.2, apply V5.2.2.1 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Softw…

Notes:
If you are unable to upgrade to ESS 5.3.1 or 5.2.2.1, please contact IBM Service to obtain an efix:

- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3, reference APAR IJ05680
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 - 4.6.0, reference APAR IJ05666
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 2.5.0 thru 3.5.6, reference APAR IJ05628

For the GPFS Storage Server 2.0.0 thru 2.0.7, contact IBM Service to obtain an efix referencing APAR IJ05628.

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

Workarounds and Mitigations

None