Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in the IBM FlashSystem models 840 and 900

Summary

There is a vulnerability to which the FlashSystem™ 840 and FlashSystem 900 are susceptible. An exploit of this vulnerability could make the system subject to an attack allowing an escalation of privilege. Only systems with 1.4 firmware installed are vulnerable.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1822 DESCRIPTION: IBM FlashSystem product allows a specially crafted attack to gain administrative control or to deny service.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150296&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:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

FlashSystem 840 machine type and models (MTMs) affected include 9840-AE1 and 9843-AE1
FlashSystem 900 MTMs affected include 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2.

Remediation/Fixes

FlashSystem 840 MTMs:

9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1

FlashSystem 900 MTMs:

9840-AE2 & 9843-AE2

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Code fixes are now available. The minimum VRMF containing the fix depends on the code stream:

Fixed Code VRMF

1.5 stream: 1.5.0.0

1.4 stream: 1.4.8.1

| N/A | FlashSystem 840 fixes and FlashSystem 900 fixes are available @ IBM’s Fix Central

Workarounds and Mitigations

None.