Security Bulletin: Denial of Service vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Client, IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware, and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management (CVE-2018-1550)

Summary The IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager Client, IBM Spectrum Protect: Data Protection for VMware, and IBM Spectrum Protect for Space Management could allow a local user to corrupt or delete sensitive information that could cause a denial of service. Vulnerability Details...

Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments allow legacy SSL/TLS protocols and ciphers to be used (CVE-2018-1545)

Summary The IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments formerly Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments, allow legacy SSL/TLS protocols and ciphers to be used. This can result in the use of weaker than expected cryptograph...

Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Client and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments allow Triple DES (3DES) ciphers to be used (CVE-2018-1785)

Summary IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager and IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments allow Triple DES 3DES ciphers to be used. This can result in the use of weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1785 DESCRIPTION: IBM Tivoli...

Security Bulletin: Offline dictionary attack vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) (CVE-2016-8937)

Summary IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager is vulnerable to an offline dictionary attack due to information disclosed during authentication. An attacker can gain full access to the IBM Spectrum Protect system allowing them to perform operations they may not be authorized to...

Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Scale for IBM Elastic Storage Server is affected by the use of Local Read Only Cache (LROC) which may result in directory corruption and undetected data corruption in regular files.

Summary The Elastic Storage Server is affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale where after cached data is moved from memory to the LROC device, any changes to that data should trigger invalidation of the data stored in LROC. Due to a problem with invalidation logic, it is possible for th...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center and Client Management Service (CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2017-3732, CVE-2017-3736, CVE-2018-1656, CVE-2018-12539)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ that is used by IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center and IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager Client Management Service. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Ja...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center (CVE-2018-1553, CVE-2018-1683, CVE-2018-8039)

Summary Multiple vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1553 DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitiv...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect the IBM Spectrum Protect Server (CVE-2018-2579, CVE-2018-2603, CVE-2018-2783)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ used by the IBM Spectrum Protect Server. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2018 and April 2018. UPDATED 1/16/2019: Changed "First Fixing VRM Level" in Remediation/Fixes table for...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect the IBM Spectrum Protect Server (CVE-2018-1656, CVE-2018-12539)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ used by the IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager Server. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2018. UPDATED 1/16/2019: Changed download link for 8.1.6.100 in...

Security Bulletin: Password disclosure via trace log in IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Server (CVE-2018-1788)

Summary When tracing is enabled, some passwords may be displayed in the IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager Server trace file. UPDATED 1/16/2019: Changed "First Fixing VRM Level" in Remediation/Fixes table for 8.1 from 8.1.6 to 8.1.6.100 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1788...

The Promise and Peril of 5G

The next generation of mobile cellular technology known as fifth-generation wireless 5G is hitting a peak in the hype cycle, emerging as a major theme/5G.aspx at the Consumer Electronics Show CES this week. Wireless carriers are investing billions of dollars into the technology, which requires a...

IBM Spectrum Scale Detection (HTTP)

Detection of IBM Spectrum Scale. The script sends a connection request to the server and attempts to detect IBM Spectrum Scale and to extract its version. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the...

CVE-2018-1993

CVE-2018-1993 affects IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) when Local Read Only Cache (LROC) is enabled, potentially causing a read operation to return data from a different file. The issue is reported across multiple releases of IBM Spectrum Scale/Elastic Storage Server, including ESS 4.0.x–4.6.0, ESS 4.5....

CVE-2018-1993

IBM Spectrum Scale GPFS 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, and 5.0.0 where the use of Local Read Only Cache LROC is enabled may caused read operation on a file to return data from a different file. IBM X-Force ID: 154440...

CVE-2018-1993

IBM Spectrum Scale GPFS 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, and 5.0.0 where the use of Local Read Only Cache LROC is enabled may caused read operation on a file to return data from a different file. IBM X-Force ID: 154440...

Default configuration

IBM Spectrum Scale GPFS 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, and 5.0.0 where the use of Local Read Only Cache LROC is enabled may caused read operation on a file to return data from a different file. IBM X-Force ID: 154440...

CVE-2018-1993

IBM Spectrum Scale GPFS 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, and 5.0.0 where the use of Local Read Only Cache LROC is enabled may caused read operation on a file to return data from a different file. IBM X-Force ID: 154440...

IBM Spectrum Scale Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-00562)

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 solution supports helping clients reduce storage costs while improving security and management efficiency in...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2018-3180)

Summary There is a vulnerability in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 8 used by IBM Spectrum Scale. This issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in Oct 2018. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-3180 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE related to th...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale where the use of Local Read Only Cache (LROC) may result in directory corruption and undetected data corruption in regular files.

Summary After cached data is moved from memory to the LROC device, any changes to that data should trigger invalidation of the data stored in LROC. Due to a problem with invalidation logic, it is possible for invalidation of this LROC data to be skipped. This could lead to stale or incorrect data...