Security Bulletin: Samba vulnerability issue on IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2014-3493)

Summary

A fix is available for IBM Storwize V7000 Unified, for the security issue that an attacker could crash applications by exploiting a vulnerability in Samba

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:
CVE-2014-3493

DESCRIPTION:
Samba is used in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified to enable file management and authentication services for Microsoft Windows environments.

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified includes a version of Samba that is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.

CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93928 for the current score

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running a code releases 1.3.0.0 to 1.4.3.3 and also 1.5.0.0 and 1.5.0.1

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version 1.4.3.4 and 1.5.0.2 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.4.3.4 or 1.5.0.2 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workaround(s) :
Avoid use of authentication servers which are not protected behind a firewall. This vulnerability can be exploited only by someone who is authenticated.

Mitigation(s) : None