Information disclosure in IBM FlashSystem models 840 and 900

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU6674

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5647

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists in the handling of the pipelined requests when send file was used resulted in the pipelined request being lost when send file processing of the previous request completed. A remote attacker can cause responses to appear to be sent for the wrong request.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1: All versions

FlashSystem 900 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2: All versions

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/650111

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.