Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM GPFS are affected by a security vulnerability (CVE-2016-0392)

Summary A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM GPFS that could allow a local attacker to inject commands into setuid file parameters and execute commands as root. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-0392 DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel File...

Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Scale V4.1.1, IBM GPFS V4.1, and IBM V3.5 for AIX are affected by a security vulnerability (CVE-2015-7403)

Summary A security vulnerability has been identified in the current levels of IBM Spectrum Scale V4.1.1, IBM GPFS V4.1 and V3.5 that could allow a local attacker to cause the node they are on to crash. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-7403 DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel File System is...

Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM GPFS are affected by security vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-2985 and CVE-2016-2984)

Summary Security vulnerabilities have been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM GPFS that could allow: - a local attacker to execute commands as root by setting environment variables processed by setuid programs CVE-2016-2985 - a local attacker to execute commands as root by...

Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Scale is affected by a security vulnerability (CVE-2016-0263)

Summary A security vulnerability has been identified in the current levels of IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2, V4.1 and IBM General Parallel File System V3.5, that could allow a local user, under special circumstances, to escalate their privileges or cause a denial of service when the mmapplypolicy comma...

Vulnerabilities fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect

IBM has fixed vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect Backup Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management. A local malicious party could potentially exploit the vulnerabilities to cause a denial-of-service or to execute under elevated privileges execute arbitrary code. IBM has...

Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments (CVE-2021-20532)

Summary IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments may allow a local user to escalate their privileges. UPDATED: 14 June 2021 - Added 7.1 fix for IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware. Vulnerability Details CVEI...

Security Bulletin: Genivia gSOAP vulnerabilities affect IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments:Data Protection for VMware and Spectrum Protect Client (CVE-2020-13575, CVE-2020-13578, CVE-2020-13574, CVE-2020-13577, CVE-2020-13576, CVE-2020-21783)

Summary Vulnerabilities in Genivia gSOAP, such as denial of service or execution of arbitrary code on the system, may affect IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware. UPDATED: 14 June 2021 - Added 7.1 fix for IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Enviornments:Data...

Vulnerabilities fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect Client

Vulnerabilities have been fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect Client. A malicious party could potentially exploit the vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or execute arbitrary code with the application's permissions. IBM has released updates to fix the vulnerabilities. For more information, see:...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client NetApp Services (CVE-2020-1971, CVE-2021-23840, CVE-2021-23841)

Summary OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on December 8, 2020 and February 16, 2021 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL, used by the IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client for network connections with NetApp services, has addressed the applicable CVEs. UPDATED: 14 June 2021 - Added 7.1 fix...

Vulnerabilities fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect Server

Vulnerabilities have been fixed in IBM DB2 as used in IBM Spectrum Protect. The vulnerabilities allow a malicious person to able to perform attacks that result in the following categories of damage: Denial-of-Service DoS. Remote code execution Administrator/Root privileges Access to system data T...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM Db2 affect IBM Spectrum Protect Server (CVE-2020-5024, CVE-2020-5025, CVE-2020-4976)

Summary The IBM Spectrum Protect Server is affected by IBM Db2 vulnerabilities such as denial of service, buffer overflow, and weak file permissions. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-5024 DESCRIPTION: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows includes DB2 Connect Server 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and...

Weak Password Vulnerability in Lipo's Second Generation Firewall System

Leaf's second-generation firewall system is a product that provides stronger security protection than the simultaneous deployment of multiple security devices such as traditional firewalls, IPS Intrusion Prevention System and WAF Web Firewall. A weak password vulnerability exists in the Leaf...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect the IBM Elastic Storage Server GUI

Summary Vulnerabilities exist in all levels of IBM Elastic Storage Server GUI. A fix for this vulnerability is available. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-29666 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.6 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect the IBM Elastic Storage System GUI

Summary Vulnerabilities exist in all levels of IBM Elastic Storage System GUI. A fix for this vulnerability is available. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-29667 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.6 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.2 is potentially vulnerable to CSV Injection. A remot...

Security Bulletin: A format string vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale packaged in IBM ESS (CVE-2021-29740)

Summary A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM ESS that could allow an attacker to execute arbirtary code in IBM Spectrum Scale file system. A fix for this vulnerability is available. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-29740 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0...

Security Bulletin: A format string vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale packaged in IBM Elastic Storage System (CVE-2021-29740)

Summary A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Elastic Storage System that could allow an attacker to execute arbirtary code in IBM Spectrum Scale file system. A fix for this vulnerability is available. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-29740 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectr...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in GNU gettext affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (CVE-2018-18751)

Summary Denial of service vulnerability in GNU gettext may affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-18751 DESCRIPTION: GNU gettext is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a double free flaw in the defaultaddmessage function in read-catalog.c. By persuading a...

Security Bulletin: A format string security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2021-29740)

Summary A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale file system that could allow an attacker to execute arbirtary code. A fix for this vulnerability is available. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2021-29740 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Scalefile system core component is affect...

IBM Spectrum Scale Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CNVD-2021-38676)

IBM Spectrum Scale is a scalable data and file management solution from IBM USA based on IBM GPFS, an enterprise file management system optimized for petabyte-scale storage management. The product supports helping clients reduce storage costs while improving security and management efficiency in...

CVE-2021-29740

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.6 and 5.1.0 through 5.1.0.3 system core component is affected by a format string security vulnerability. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of process memory, potentially escalating their system privileges and taking control over the...