Security Bulletin: Multiple Samba vulnerability affects IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2017-15275, CVE-2017-14746 )

Summary

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is shipped with Samba, for which a fix is available for security vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

Samba is used in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified to enable file management and authentication services for Microsoft Windows environments.

CVEID: CVE-2017-15275**
DESCRIPTION:** Samba could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a heap memory information leak. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain password hashes or other high-value data.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135221 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:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-14746**
DESCRIPTION:** Samba could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free memory error. By sending a specially crafted SMB1 request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135222 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

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.0.0 to 1.6.2.3

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for this issue is in version 1.6.2.4 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Version 1.5 is end of service. Customers running this release of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified can upgrade to v1.6.2.4 for a fix.
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Workarounds and Mitigations

None