Security Bulletin
Summary
A fix is available for IBM Storwize V7000 Unified, for the security issue that privileged access can be obtained from IBM Service account.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:
CVE-2014-3043
DESCRIPTION:
The IBM Storwize V7000 Unified service account can be used to obtain unauthorized privileges on a V7000 Unified system.
The service account is normally used for carrying out regular service functions in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified, such as, initiating a disk discovery process, including disks, applying software, setting the locale, adding or removing a node, changing an error state, setting an event, and writing a serial number.
CVE-2014-3043
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93339 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 1.4.3.2
Remediation/Fixes
A fix for this issue is in version 1.4.3.3 of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. Customers running an affected version of V7000 Unified should upgrade to 1.4.3.3 or a later version to apply the fix.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Workaround(s) : None
Mitigation(s) : None
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
15 July 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
PSIRT 1746
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
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ssg1S1004811