Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Samba affects IBM Spectrum Scale SMB protocol access method (CVE-2022-1615)

Summary

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

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-1615
**DESCRIPTION:**Samba could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the gnutls_rnd() function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain predictable random values information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235119 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Spectrum Scale V5.1.0.0 through V5.1.6.0, apply V5.1.6.1 or V5.1.7.0 or greater, available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.1.7&platform=All&function=all

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.1.6&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None