Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale bundled with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager for Software Defined Infrastructure (CVE-2018-1782)

Summary

IBM Spectrum Scale v5.0.0 bundled with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager for Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) v1.1.0 can be upgraded to v5.0.1.X. IBM Spectrum Scale v5.0.1 is bundled with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager for Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) v1.1.1. Information about a security vulnerability affecting IBM Spectrum Scale v5.0.1.0 & v5.0.1.1 has been published in a security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

Please consult the security bulletin Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale that could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a kernel panic (CVE-2018-1782) for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.1.0,

IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.1.1

IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager for Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) v1.1.1 |

IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.1.0,

IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.1.1