Security Bulletin: IBM Storage Ceph is vulnerable to the Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in Grafana (CVE-2021-23566)

Summary

Grafana is used by IBM Storage Ceph as a metrics dashboard. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability in Grafana. CVE-2021-23566.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2021-23566
**DESCRIPTION:**Nanoid could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the valueOf() function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217348 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

7.1

IBM Storage Ceph| 6.1z1-z6, 6.0
IBM Storage Ceph| 5.3z1-z6

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
Download the latest version of IBM Storage Ceph and upgrade to 7.1 by following instructions.

<https://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/storage/ceph/&gt;
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-ceph/7?topic=upgrading&gt;

Workarounds and Mitigations

none