Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GSKit affect IBM Spectrum Scale used by DB2® pureScale™ (CVE-2018-1431, CVE-2018-1447, CVE-2017-3732, CVE-2016-0705)

Summary DB2 LUW is affected by a vulnerability in IBM® Spectrum Scale Version V4.2 and V4.1 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-2018-1431 DESCRIPTION: A vulnerabilit...

CVE-2018-1782

IBM GPFS IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.1.0 and 5.0.1.1 allows a local, unprivileged user to cause a kernel panic on a node running GPFS by accessing a file that is stored on a GPFS file system with mmap, or by executing a crafted file stored on a GPFS file system. IBM X-Force ID: 148805...

CVE-2018-1782

CVE-2018-1782 affects IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) 5.0.1.0 and 5.0.1.1. A local, unprivileged user can trigger a kernel panic on a node running GPFS by either mmap-ing a file stored on a GPFS file system or by executing a crafted file stored on GPFS. IBM’s notices confirm the vulnerability is limite...

Online upgrade of Spectrum Scale security update packages for a Db2 pureScale cluster

Summary While the best practice for upgrading Spectrum Scale package level is through the Db2 fixpack, updating Spectrum Scale security update packages outlined in Db2 Security bulletins requires a manual installation procedure. This document contains instructions on how to apply Spectrum Scale...

Digital Watchdog Spectrum Default Credentials (HTTP)

The remote installation of Digital Watchdog Spectrum is using known default credentials. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale that could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a kernel panic (CVE-2018-1782)

Summary IBM Spectrum Scale could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a kernel panic on a node running GPFS by accessing a file that is stored on a GPFS file system with mmap, or by executing a crafted file stored on a GPFS file system. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1782 DESCRIPTION:...

IBM Spectrum Symphony and Platform Symphony Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

IBM Spectrum Symphony and Platform Symphony are both products of IBM Corporation in the U.S. IBM Spectrum Symphony is a suite of enterprise-class management software for running compute- and data-intensive distributed applications on shared grids.Platform Symphony is a set of SOA-based architectu...

Researchers Shine Light on Smart-Bulb Data Theft

Lightbulbs were invented to do one thing: illuminate a room or a space. Cybercriminals, however, may find that these glass miracles can be used to shed light in a more metaphorical sense – to spy on users’ private data and preferences. The light emitted by modern smart bulbs can be used in two...

Information disclosure

IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 and 7.1.1 and IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2 contain an information disclosure vulnerability that could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 146340...

CVE-2018-1705

IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 and 7.1.1 and IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2 contain an information disclosure vulnerability that could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 146340...

CVE-2018-1705

IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 and 7.1.1 and IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2 contain an information disclosure vulnerability that could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 146340...

CVE-2018-1705

CVE-2018-1705 affects IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 and 7.1.1 and IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2. It is an information disclosure vulnerability that could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain highly sensitive information. Remediation is available via IBM Fix Central for the l...

CVE-2018-1705

IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 and 7.1.1 and IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 and 7.2.0.2 contain an information disclosure vulnerability that could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 146340...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center and Client Management Service (CVE-2018-2579, CVE-2018-2693, CVE-2018-2783)

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...

IBM Spectrum Symphony and Platform Symphony Command Execution Vulnerabilities

IBM Spectrum Symphony and Platform Symphony are both products of IBM Corporation in the U.S. IBM Spectrum Symphony is a suite of enterprise-class management software for running compute- and data-intensive distributed applications on shared grids.Platform Symphony is a set of SOA-based architectu...

Security Bulletin: XML Entity Expansion vulnerability (CVE-2018-1702) affects IBM Platform Symphony, IBM Spectrum Symphony

Summary XML Entity Expansion vulnerability CVE-2018-1702 affects IBM Platform Symphony, IBM Spectrum Symphony Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1702 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Symphony is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection XXE attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could...

Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale v5.0.0 shipped with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager for Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) v1.1.0 (CVE-2018-1431, CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2017-3732, CVE-2018-1447)

Summary IBM Spectrum Scale v5.0.0 is shipped with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager for Software Defined Infrastructure SDI v1.1.0. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting IBM Spectrum Scale v5.0.0 have been published in a security bulletin. Vulnerability Details Refer to the security bullet...

Security Bulletin: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2018-1707) affects IBM Platform Symphony, IBM Spectrum Symphony

Summary Stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability CVE-2018-1707 affects IBM Platform Symphony, IBM Spectrum Symphony Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1707 DESCRIPTION: IBM Platform Symphony is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScri...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability to allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive user information (CVE-2018-1708) affects IBM Platform Symphony, IBM Spectrum Symphony

Summary Vulnerability to allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive user information such as passwords through the WebUI CVE-2018-1708 affects IBM Platform Symphony, IBM Spectrum Symphony Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1708 DESCRIPTION: IBM Spectrum Symphony could allow an authenticat...

Security Bulletin: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2018-1706) affects IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2

Summary Reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability CVE-2018-1706 affects IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.0.2 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1706 DESCRIPTION: IBM Platform Symphony is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in t...