Memory Address Vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Scale/GPFS on Elastic Storage Server (ESS)/GPFS Storage Server (GSS)

CVE-2017-1304 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

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.

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