Security Bulletin
Summary
Samba vulnerabilities affect IBM Spectrum Scale SMB protocol access method which could allow:
- a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by forwarding a Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) to other service when using Kerberos authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to impersonate the authenticated user and gain elevated privileges on the system (2016-2125)
- a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure of handling the PAC checksum. By using a specially-crafted Kerberos ticket, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain privileges or cause the winbindd process to crash (2016-2126)
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-2126
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure of handling the PAC checksum. By using a specially-crafted Kerberos ticket, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain privileges or cause the winbindd process to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119906 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2016-2125
DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by forwarding a Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) to other service when using Kerberos authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to impersonate the authenticated user and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119968 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 thru V4.2.2.1
IBM Spectrum Scale V4.1.1.0 thru V4.1.1.11
Remediation/Fixes
For IBM Spectrum Scale V4.2.0.0 thru V4.2.2.1, apply V4.2.2.2 available from FixCentral at
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=4.2.2&platform=All&function=all
For IBM Spectrum Scale V4.1.1.0 thru V4.1.1.11, apply V4.1.1.12 available from FixCentral at
https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%2Bdefined%2Bstorage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Spectrum+Scale&release=4.1.1&platform=All&function=all
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
30 January 2017: 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:
01 August 2018
UID
ssg1S1009714