Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Struts affects IBM SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family (CVE-2015-5209)

Summary

An Open Source Apache Struts vulnerability was disclosed in September 2015. Struts is used by SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-5209**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Struts could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a special top-level object to manipulate internal settings and modify another user session.
CVSS Base Score: 9.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106695 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:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM Storwize V7000
IBM Storwize V5000
IBM Storwize V3700
IBM Storwize V3500

All products are affected when running supported releases 1.1 to 7.5 except for versions 7.4.0.8 and 7.5.0.5 and above. Version 7.6 is not affected.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize V7000, V5000, V3700 and V3500 to the following code levels or higher:

7.4.0.8
7.5.0.6
7.6.0.3

Latest SAN Volume Controller Code
Latest Storwize V7000 Code
Latest Storwize V5000 Code
Latest Storwize V3700 Code
Latest Storwize V3500 Code

Workarounds and Mitigations

Although IBM recommends that you install a level of code with a fix for this vulnerability, you can mitigate, although not eliminate, your risk until you have done so by ensuring that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.