Security Bulletin
Summary
There is a cross-site request forgery vulnerability to which the IBM® FlashSystem™ V9000 is susceptible. An exploit of this vulnerability could allow cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-7446
DESCRIPTION: IBM Flash System V9000 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108187 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
FlashSystem V9000 including machine type and models (MTMs) for all available code levels. MTMs affected include 9846-AE2, 9848-AE2, 9846-AC2, and 9848-AC2
Remediation/Fixes
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V9000 MTMs | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
| V9000 MTMs: 9846-AE2, 9848-AE2, 9846-AC2 & 9848-AC2 | Code fixes are now available, the minimum VRMF containing the fix depends on the code stream. These code levels work for both the storage enclosure nodes (-AEx) and the control nodes (-ACx) Code Fix VRMF . 7.6 stream: 7.6.0.4 (or later) 7.5 stream: 7.5.1.3 (or later) 7.4 stream: 7.4.1.4 (or later) | N/A | No workarounds or mitigations, other than applying this code fix, are known for this vulnerability |
FlashSystem V9000 fixes for storage and controller node are available @ IBM’s Fix Central
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
03 March 2016 Original Version Published
*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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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
ssg1S1005570