CVE-2017-1304 Information

Description

IBM has identified a vulnerability with IBM Spectrum Scale/GPFS utilized on the Elastic Storage Server (ESS)/GPFS Storage Server (GSS) during testing of an unsupported configuration where users applications are running on an active ESS I/O server node and utilize direct I/O to perform a read or a write to a Spectrum Scale file. This vulnerability may result in the use of an incorrect memory address leading to a Spectrum Scale/GPFS daemon failure with a Signal 11 and possibly leading to denial of service or undetected data corruption. IBM X-Force ID: 125458.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Reference

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1010230 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99274 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125458

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.2