Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GPFS affect InfoSphere BigInsights (CVE-2015-0197, CVE-2015-0198, CVE-2015-0199)

Summary

GPFS is an IBM component that can be used as distributed file system in Big Insights. The GPFS that is shipped with InfoSphere BigInsights contains multiple security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a local attacker to execute programs with root privileges, and cause memory corruption. InfoSphere BigInsights has addressed the vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-0197**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM General Parallel File System could allow a local attacker which only has a non-privileged account to execute programs with root privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101224 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2015-0199**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM General Parallel File System allows attackers to cause kernel memory corruption by issuing specific ioctl calls to a character device provided by the mmfslinux kernel module and escalate privileges or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101226 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVEID: CVE-2015-0198**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM General Parallel File System may not properly authenticate network requests and could allow an attacker to execute programs remotely with root privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101225 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

Customers who have setup GPFS as BigInsights distributed file system.

IBM InfoSphere BigInsights 2.1 through 3.0.0.2

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the appropriate fix for this vulnerability. For all the affected versions apply the interim fix available from Fix Central