Security Bulletin
Summary
A fix is available for IBM Storwize V7000 Unified, for the security issue that an attacker could crash applications by exploiting a vulnerability in Samba
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:
CVE-2014-3493
DESCRIPTION:
Samba is used in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified to enable file management and authentication services for Microsoft Windows environments.
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified includes a version of Samba that is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93928 for the current score
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
The product is affected when running a code releases 1.3.0.0 to 1.4.3.3 and also 1.5.0.0 and 1.5.0.1
Remediation/Fixes
A fix for these issues is in version 1.4.3.4 and 1.5.0.2 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.4.3.4 or 1.5.0.2 or a later version, so that the fix gets applied.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Workaround(s) :
Avoid use of authentication servers which are not protected behind a firewall. This vulnerability can be exploited only by someone who is authenticated.
Mitigation(s) : None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
11 Sept 2014: First draft
*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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Internal Use Only
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
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