Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in RC4 stream cipher affects GPFS V3.5 for Windows (CVE-2015-2808) / Enabling weak cipher suites for IBM General Parallel File System is NOT recommended

Summary The RC4 “Bar Mitzvah” Attack for SSL/TLS affects OpenSSH for GPFS V3.5 for Windows. Additionally, with the recent attention to RC4 “Bar Mitzvah” Attack for SSL/TLS, this is a reminder to NOT enable weak or export-level cipher suites for IBM General Parallel File System GPFS. Vulnerability...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL including Logjam affect IBM GPFS V3.5 for Windows (CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2015-1793, CVE-2014-8176, CVE-2015-1788, CVE-2015-1789, CVE-2015-1790, CVE-2015-1791, CVE-2015-1792)

Summary OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed by the OpenSSL Project and affect IBM GPFS V3.5 . This includes the Logjam Attack on TLS connections using the Diffie-Hellman DH key exchange protocol CVE-2015-4000. This also includes the alternate chains certificate forgery vulnerability...

Security Bulletin: IBM General Parallel File System V4.1 is affected by a security vulnerability (CVE-2015-1890)

Summary A security vulnerability has been identified in GPFS V4.1 where the private key of TLS client certificates used by GPFS nodes may be contained in a gpfs.snap file CVE-2015-1890. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-1890 DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel File System could allow someone wh...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Diffie-Hellman ciphers affects IBM GPFS for Windows (CVE-2015-4000)

Summary The Logjam Attack on TLS connections using the Diffie-Hellman DH key exchange protocol affects IBM GPFS for Windows V3.5 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-4000 DESCRIPTION: The TLS protocol could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properl...

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: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSH and OpenSSL affect GPFS for Windows V3.5

Summary OpenSSH vulnerabilities were disclosed on July 22 , August 10, and October19, 2016 by the OpenSSH Project. OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on September 22 and 26, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSH and OpenSSL are used by GPFS V3.5 for Windows. GPFS V3.5 for Windows has addressed...

Security Bulletin: A Vulnerability in OpenSSH and Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM GPFS V3.5 for Windows

Summary OpenSSH could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied X11 authentication credentials by the sshd server. OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on May 3, 2016 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used ...

Security Bulletin: GPFS V3.5 for Windows is affected by OpenSSL vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-3512, CVE-2014-3509, CVE-2014-3506, CVE-2014-3507, CVE-2014-3511, CVE-2014-3505, CVE-2014-3510, CVE-2014-3508, CVE-2014-5139)

Summary Security vulnerabilities have been identified in the level of OpenSSL that is currently shipped with GPFS V3.5.0.11, or later, on Windows. The current level of OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to : - Cause a denial of service CVE-2014-3512, CVE-2014-3509, CVE-2014-3506, CVE-2014-3507...

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 GPFS/Spectrum Scale integrates with Infosphere BigInsights. Information about a security vulnerability affecting GPFS / Spectrum Scale has been published in a security bulletin.

Summary IBM GPFS/Spectrum Scale integrates with Infosphere BigInsights. Information about a security vulnerability affecting GPFS / Spectrum Scale has been published in a security bulletin. Vulnerability Details Please consult the GPFS / Spectrum Scale documentation for vulnerability details and...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GPFS affect InfoSphere BigInsights (CVE-2015-0197, CVE-2015-0198, CVE-2015-0199)

Summary GPFS is an IBM component that can be used as distributed file system in Big Insights. The GPFS that is shipped with InfoSphere BigInsights contains multiple security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a local attacker to execute programs with root privileges, and cause...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Spectrum Scale RAID/IBM GPFS Native RAID (CVE-2015-4843, CVE-2015-4805, CVE-2015-4810, CVE-2015-4806, CVE-2015-4871, CVE-2015-4902)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 that is used by IBM Spectrum Scale RAID/IBM GPFS Native RAID. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates for October 2015. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-4843 DESCRIPTION: An...

Security Bulletin: The Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2015-7456)

Summary There is a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale packaged with IBM Spectrum Scale RAID for the Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-7456 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Scale could allow a local unprivileged user, or a user with network access ...

Security Bulletin: The Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2015-7488)

Summary There is a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale packaged with IBM Spectrum Scale RAID for the Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-7488 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Scale could allow a local, unprivileged user or a user with network access ...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Spectrum Scale RAID/IBM GPFS Native RAID (CVE-2015-4843, CVE-2015-4805, CVE-2015-4810, CVE-2015-4806, CVE-2015-4871, CVE-2015-4902)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 that is used by IBM Spectrum Scale RAID/IBM GPFS Native RAID. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates for October 2015. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-4843 DESCRIPTION: An...

Security Bulletin: The Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2015-7488)

Summary There is a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale packaged with IBM Spectrum Scale RAID for the Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-7488 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Scale could allow a local, unprivileged user or a user with network access ...

Security Bulletin: The Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2016-6115)

Summary There is a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale packaged with the Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-6115 DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel File System is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow ...

Security Bulletin: The Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server are affected by a vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale (CVE-2016-2985 and CVE-2016-2984)

Summary There are vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Scale packaged with IBM Spectrum Scale RAID for the Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-2985 DESCRIPTION: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM GPFS that...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Spectrum Scale packaged the Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 used by the Elastic Storage Server and the GPFS Storage Server. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in Jan 2017. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-5547 DESCRIPTION: An...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affect IBM Spectrum Scale RAID/IBM GPFS Native RAID (CVE-2015-7575)

Summary There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 that is used by IBM Spectrum Scale RAID/IBM GPFS Native RAID. This vulnerability, commonly referred to as “SLOTH”, was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2016. Vulnerability Details CVEID:...