Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering is affected by a vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 8

Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 8 used by IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering. The IBM Spectrum Scale Transparent Cloud Tiering have addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-2989
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169295 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.1.0 thru 1.1.7.3, apply Transparent Cloud Tiering 1.1.7.4 bundled with IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.4.3 available from FixCentral at:

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=5.0.4&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None