Security Bulletin: IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is affected by vulnerability in GPFS (CVE-2019-4558)

Summary

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

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-4558
**DESCRIPTION:**A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.0.0 through V5.0.3.2 and IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 through V4.2.3.17 that could allow a local attacker to obtain root privilege by injecting parameters into setuid files.
CVSS Base score: 8.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166282 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version 1.6.2.8 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of Storwize V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.6.2.8 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.

Latest Storwize V7000 Unified Software

Workarounds and Mitigations

None