CVE-2020-4242

IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system. IBM...

EUVD-2020-25488

IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0 through 10.1.5 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system. IBM...

CVE-2020-4241

CVE-2020-4241 affects IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.0–10.1.5. A command injection exists due to lack of input validation in the Administrative Console’s uploadHttpsCertificate filename parameter, enabling a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system. Connect...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Java runtime environment that IBM provides affect WebSphere eXtreme Scale

Summary There are vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 7 and 8 used by WebSphere eXtreme Scale. The issues were disclosed as part of the IBM SDK, Java™ Technology Edition updates in October 2019 and January 2020. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2019-2989 DESCRIPTION: An...

IBM Spectrum Scale Encryption Issue Vulnerability

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...

Trend Micro Fixes Critical Flaws Under Attack

Trend Micro has released security updates patching five vulnerabilities in its endpoint security solutions, Apex One and OfficeScan XG for Windows. Specifically, Apex One 2019 and OfficeScan XG SP1 and XG are affected by four critical-severity and one high-severity flaws. Two of these...

CVE-2020-4217

The IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 file system component is affected by a denial of service security vulnerability. An attacker can force the Spectrum Scale mmfsd/mmsdrserv daemons to unexpectedly exit, impacting the functionality of the Spectrum Scale cluster and the availability of file systems...

CVE-2020-4217

The IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 file system component is affected by a denial of service security vulnerability. An attacker can force the Spectrum Scale mmfsd/mmsdrserv daemons to unexpectedly exit, impacting the functionality of the Spectrum Scale cluster and the availability of file systems...

Denial of service

The IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 file system component is affected by a denial of service security vulnerability. An attacker can force the Spectrum Scale mmfsd/mmsdrserv daemons to unexpectedly exit, impacting the functionality of the Spectrum Scale cluster and the availability of file systems...

CVE-2020-4217

The IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0 file system component is affected by a denial of service security vulnerability. An attacker can force the Spectrum Scale mmfsd/mmsdrserv daemons to unexpectedly exit, impacting the functionality of the Spectrum Scale cluster and the availability of file systems...

CVE-2020-4217

Affected product/component: IBM Spectrum Scale file system component (mmfsd/mmsdrserv daemons) in Spectrum Scale 4.2 and 5.0. Root cause/impact: Denial of service could cause the mmfsd/mmsdrserv daemons to terminate unexpectedly, impacting cluster functionality and file-system availability. Explo...

IBM Spectrum Scale Denial of Service Vulnerability

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...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale where an attacker can cause a denial of service (CVE-2020-4217)

Summary A security vulnerability has been identified in all levels of IBM Spectrum Scale that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. A fix for this vulnerability is available. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-4217 DESCRIPTION: The Spectrum Scale file system component is affect...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Samba affects IBM Spectrum Scale SMB protocol access method ( CVE-2019-14907)

Summary A Samba vulnerability affects IBM Spectrum Scale SMB protocol access method that could cause denial of service. A fix for this vulnerability is available. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2019-14907 DESCRIPTION: Samba is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error after a failed...

Manually moving backup files between Scale-Out Backup Repository extents

Extent Rebalance is Now Built-In to Veeam Backup & Replication This article was written prior to the release of Veeam Backup & Replication 12. While the procedure may still work in Veeam Backup & Replication 12 and higher, we strongly advise you to instead consider using the built-in rebalancing...

Women in Security: Security Technical Project Manager

We continue to see large-scale online security attacks affecting corporations and public institutions. These attacks are becoming more and more sophisticated, making it harder to protect yourself. The constant evolution of attacks requires innovative solutions that only Akamai can provide...

Imperva Received Top Scores in Gartner’s “Critical Capabilities for Cloud Web Application Firewalls”

The web application landscape is constantly changing, and the tools needed for the best application security protection need to change with the landscape. With Imperva’s recent improvements in API Security, Bot Management, DDoS and Cloud WAF, it’s easy to see why we are among the highest-scored...

Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® LUW on AIX and Linux Affected by a Vulnerability in IBM® Spectrum Scale (CVE-2019-4558)

Summary Db2 LUW is affected by a vulnerability in IBM® Spectrum Scale Version 5.0.x and 4.2.x that is used by Db2® pureScale™ Feature on AIX and Linux. IBM Spectrum Scale is previously known as General Parallel File System GPFS. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2019-4558 DESCRIPTION: A security...

LAVA - Large-scale Automated Vulnerability Addition

Evaluating and improving bug-finding tools is currently difficult due to a shortage of ground truth corpora i.e., software that has known bugs with triggering inputs. LAVA attempts to solve this problem by automatically injecting bugs into software. Every LAVA bug is accompanied by an input that...

Security Bulletin: IBM® Db2® LUW on AIX and Linux Affected by a Vulnerability in IBM® Spectrum Scale (CVE-2018-1783).

Summary Db2 LUW is affected by a vulnerability in IBM® Spectrum Scale Version 4.1.x and 4.2.x that is used by Db2® pureScale™ Feature on AIX and Linux. IBM Spectrum Scale is previously known as General Parallel File System GPFS. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1783 DESCRIPTION: IBM GPFS IBM...