Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Samba affects IBM Storage Scale SMB protocol access method (CVE-2022-2127)

Summary

A Samba vulnerability affects IBM Storage Scale SMB protocol access method that could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or denial of service on the system.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-2127
**DESCRIPTION:**Samba is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds read flaw in winbind AUTH_CRAP. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/261923 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Storage Scale V5.1.0.0 through V5.1.8.1, apply

V5.1.8.2 or later available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale&release=5.1.8&platform=All&function=all

V5.1.9.0 or later available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Storage+Scale&release=5.1.9&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None