Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server is affected by a vulnerability which could allow an unprivileged, authenticated user with access to a GPFS node to read arbitrary files available on this node (CVE-2018-1723)

Summary

The Elastic Storage Server are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale could allow an unprivileged, authenticated user with access to a GPFS node to read arbitrary files available on this node (CVE-2018-1723).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1723 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Scale could allow a GPFS command line utility allows an unprivileged, authenticated user with access to a GPFS node to read arbitrary files available on this node.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147373&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:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

The Elastic Storage Server 5.3 thru 5.3.1.1
The Elastic Storage Server 5.0.0 thru 5.2.3
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

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0. thru 5.3.1.1, apply V5.3.2 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=5.3.0&platform=Linux+64-bit,pSeries&function=all

For IBM Elastic Storage Server V5.0.0. thru 5.2.3, apply V5.2.4 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=5.2.0&platform=Linux+64-bit,pSeries&function=all

Notes:
If you are unable to upgrade to ESS 5.3.2 or 5.2.4, please contact IBM Service to obtain an efix:

- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.3 - 5.3.1.1, reference APAR IJ08237
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 5.0 - 5.2.3, reference APAR IJ08232
- For IBM Elastic Storage Server 4.0.0 - 4.6.0, reference APAR IIJ08232

-For IBM Elastic Storage Server 2.5.0 thru 3.5.6, reference APAR IJ08224

To contact IBM Service, see http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/

Workarounds and Mitigations

None