Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IPv6 and MQ affect the IBM FlashSystem models 840 and 900

Summary

There are vulnerabilities in the IPv6 and MQ components which affect the IBM FlashSystem™ 840 and IBM FlashSystem 900. An exploit of these vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-10142 and CVE-2017-11176) could make the system susceptible to attacks which could allow an attacker to trigger a kernel panic or denial of service condition.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-10142 DESCRIPTION: The IETF IPv6 protocol is vulnerable to a denial of service. By leveraging the generation of IPv6 atomic fragments and using the fragments in an arbitrary IPv6 flow, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform any type of a fragmentation-based attack against legacy IPv6 nodes and trigger a kernel panic.
CVSS Base Score: 8.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124080&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-11176 DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a sock pointer not set to NULL in the mq_notify function. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/129055&gt; 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:H)

Affected Products and Versions

FlashSystem 840 machine type and models (MTMs) affected include 9840-AE1 and 9843-AE1.

FlashSystem 900 MTMs affected include 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2.

Supported code versions which are affected

• VRMFs prior to 1.4.0.0
• VRMFs prior to 1.5.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

FlashSystem 840 MTM:

9840-AE1 &
9843-AE1

FlashSystem 900 MTMs:
9840-AE2 &
9843-AE2

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_Code fixes are now available, the minimum VRMF containing the fix depends on the code stream:

_ Fixed Code VRMF __

1.5 stream: 1.5.0.0

1.4 stream: 1.4.0.0

| N/A | **FlashSystem 840 fixes**and **FlashSystem 900 fixes**are available @ IBM’s Fix Central

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.