Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale which is packaged in IBM ESS (CVE-2022-22368)

Summary

A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale which is packagaed in IBM ESS that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. A fix for this vulnerability is available.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-22368
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 through 5.1.3.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 221012.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221012 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM ESS 3000,3200,5000 levels lower than V6.1.3, apply V6.1.3 or later available from FixCentral at:

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=6.1.0&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None