Security Bulletin: Hardware failure diagnostic information can include customer data fragments in SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family (CVE-2013-6737)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Hardware failure diagnostics for a 1691 error include customer data fragments that may be copied from the system by an authorized user who might not otherwise have access to that data.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2013-6737

DESCRIPTION:

In the event of a rare hardware fault (error code 1691), fragments of customer data are dumped to a file that may later be copied from the system by an authorized user of the system who might not otherwise have access to that data. The user has no control over which fragments of customer data a fault causes to be dumped into the file that may be copied. Although this vulnerability could compromise the confidentiality of the data in the dump file, it should not otherwise impact the availability or integrity of the system.

CVE-2013-6737
CVSS Base Score: 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/89782 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM Storwize V7000
IBM Storwize V5000
IBM Storwize V3700
IBM Storwize V3500
IBM Flex System V7000

All products are affected when running code releases 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 7.1 except for versions 6.4.1.7 and 7.1.0.7 and above. Code releases 7.2 and 7.3 are not vulnerable.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize V7000, V5000, V3700 and V3500 and IBM Flex System V7000 to one of the following code levels or higher:

7.3.0.3
7.2.0.7
7.1.0.9

Latest SAN Volume Controller Code
Latest Storwize V7000 Code
Latest Storwize V5000 Code
Latest Storwize V3700 Code
Latest Storwize V3500 Code
Latest IBM Flex System V7000 Code

Workarounds and Mitigations

Although IBM recommends that you install a level of code with a fix for this vulnerability, you can mitigate, although not eliminate, your risk until you have done so by ensuring that all users who have access to the system are authenticated by another security system such as a firewall.

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References

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Acknowledgement

None

Change History

11 Jun 2014: Original copy published
24 Jun 2014: Clarified affected versions

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Flash.

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*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Security Bulletin: Hardware failure diagnostic information can include customer data fragments in SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family (CVE-2013-6737)