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Title: EGI SVG 'ALERT' **UPDATE** [TLP:WHITE] CRITICAL risk vulnerability in IBM GPFS file system [EGI-SVG-2020-16274] | |||
Date: 2020-03-13 | |||
Updated: 2020-04-28, 2020-06-05 | |||
Affected software and risk | |||
========================== | |||
CRITICAL risk vulnerability concerning IBM GPFS | |||
Package : GPFS | |||
CVE ID : N/A | |||
Bug ID : | |||
A site of a peer infrastructure has identified a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM GPFS. | |||
We are aware that there are some sites within EGI which use this software, hence the alert. | |||
Actions required/recommended | |||
============================ | |||
**UPDATE 2020-06-05** | |||
Changed to [TLP:WHITE] and placed on the wiki | |||
**UPDATE 2020-04-28** | |||
IBM has released updates for this - See [R 2] | |||
Sites should carry out updates as suggested by IBM Support if they have not done so already. | |||
**ORIGINAL ALERT** | |||
At the time of writing there is no full solution for this vulnerability. | |||
At present sites are recommended to carry out the mitigating actions below. | |||
Mitigation | |||
========== | |||
Update to the latest version (which we are told will fix some other vulnerabilities). | |||
Remove SUID bit from /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/* | |||
Affected software details | |||
========================= | |||
We are fairly sure RPM package gpfs.base-4.2.3-20 is affected by a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. | |||
All versions of GPFS 4.2.3 may be affected by a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. | |||
TLP and URL | |||
=========== | |||
** WHITE information - Limited distribution | |||
- see https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/EGI_CSIRT:TLP for distribution restrictions ** | |||
URL: https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/SVG:Advisory-SVG-2020-16274 | |||
Minor updates may be made without re-distribution to the sites | |||
Comments | |||
======== | |||
Comments or questions should be sent to svg-rat at mailman.egi.eu | |||
If you find or become aware of another vulnerability which is relevant to EGI you may report it by e-mail to | |||
report-vulnerability at egi.eu | |||
the EGI Software Vulnerability Group will take a look according to the procedure defined in [R 1] | |||
Note that this is undergoing revision to fully handle vulnerabilities in the EOSC-hub era. | |||
References | |||
========== | |||
[R 1] https://documents.egi.eu/public/ShowDocument?docid=3145 | |||
[R 2] https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6151701 | |||
Credit | |||
====== | |||
SVG was alerted to this vulnerability by Vincent Brillault (CERN), a member of SVG. | |||
Timeline | |||
======== | |||
Yyyy-mm-dd [EGI-SVG-2020-16274] | |||
2020-03-12 SVG alerted to this issue by Vincent Brillault | |||
2020-03-13 EGI SVG Risk Assessment completed | |||
2020-03-13 Alert sent to sites | |||
2020-04-28 Update sent to sites | |||
2020-06-05 Placed on SVG wiki | |||
Context | |||
======= | |||
This alert has been prepared as part of the effort to fulfil EGI SVG's purpose | |||
"To minimize the risk to the EGI infrastructure arising from software vulnerabilities" | |||
The risk is that assessed by the group, according to the EGI SVG issue handling procedure [R 1] | |||
in the context of how the software is used in the EGI infrastructure. It is the opinion of the group, | |||
we do not guarantee it to be correct. The risk may also be higher or lower in other deployments | |||
depending on how the software is used. | |||
This advisory is subject to the Creative commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |||
and the EGI https://www.egi.eu/ Software Vulnerability Group must be credited. | |||
Note that the SVG issue handling procedure is currently under review, to take account of the increasing I | |||
nhomogeneity of the EGI infrastructure and the services in the EOSC-hub catalogue. | |||
On behalf of the EGI SVG, | |||
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Advisory-SVG-2020-16274
Title: EGI SVG 'ALERT' **UPDATE** [TLP:WHITE] CRITICAL risk vulnerability in IBM GPFS file system [EGI-SVG-2020-16274] Date: 2020-03-13 Updated: 2020-04-28, 2020-06-05 Affected software and risk ========================== CRITICAL risk vulnerability concerning IBM GPFS Package : GPFS CVE ID : N/A Bug ID : A site of a peer infrastructure has identified a local privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM GPFS. We are aware that there are some sites within EGI which use this software, hence the alert. Actions required/recommended ============================ **UPDATE 2020-06-05** Changed to [TLP:WHITE] and placed on the wiki **UPDATE 2020-04-28** IBM has released updates for this - See [R 2] Sites should carry out updates as suggested by IBM Support if they have not done so already. **ORIGINAL ALERT** At the time of writing there is no full solution for this vulnerability. At present sites are recommended to carry out the mitigating actions below. Mitigation ========== Update to the latest version (which we are told will fix some other vulnerabilities). Remove SUID bit from /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/* Affected software details ========================= We are fairly sure RPM package gpfs.base-4.2.3-20 is affected by a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. All versions of GPFS 4.2.3 may be affected by a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. TLP and URL =========== ** WHITE information - Limited distribution - see https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/EGI_CSIRT:TLP for distribution restrictions ** URL: https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/SVG:Advisory-SVG-2020-16274 Minor updates may be made without re-distribution to the sites Comments ======== Comments or questions should be sent to svg-rat at mailman.egi.eu If you find or become aware of another vulnerability which is relevant to EGI you may report it by e-mail to report-vulnerability at egi.eu the EGI Software Vulnerability Group will take a look according to the procedure defined in [R 1] Note that this is undergoing revision to fully handle vulnerabilities in the EOSC-hub era. References ========== [R 1] https://documents.egi.eu/public/ShowDocument?docid=3145 [R 2] https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6151701 Credit ====== SVG was alerted to this vulnerability by Vincent Brillault (CERN), a member of SVG. Timeline ======== Yyyy-mm-dd [EGI-SVG-2020-16274] 2020-03-12 SVG alerted to this issue by Vincent Brillault 2020-03-13 EGI SVG Risk Assessment completed 2020-03-13 Alert sent to sites 2020-04-28 Update sent to sites 2020-06-05 Placed on SVG wiki Context ======= This alert has been prepared as part of the effort to fulfil EGI SVG's purpose "To minimize the risk to the EGI infrastructure arising from software vulnerabilities" The risk is that assessed by the group, according to the EGI SVG issue handling procedure [R 1] in the context of how the software is used in the EGI infrastructure. It is the opinion of the group, we do not guarantee it to be correct. The risk may also be higher or lower in other deployments depending on how the software is used. This advisory is subject to the Creative commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and the EGI https://www.egi.eu/ Software Vulnerability Group must be credited. Note that the SVG issue handling procedure is currently under review, to take account of the increasing I nhomogeneity of the EGI infrastructure and the services in the EOSC-hub catalogue. On behalf of the EGI SVG,