IBM Security Bulletin: A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Spectrum Scale that could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a kernel panic (CVE-2018-1782)

Sep 18, 2018 9:00 am EDT

Categorized: Medium Severity

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IBM Spectrum Scale could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a kernel panic on a node running GPFS by accessing a file that is stored on a GPFS file system with mmap, or by executing a crafted file stored on a GPFS file system.

CVE(s): CVE-2018-1782

Affected product(s) and affected version(s):

IBM Spectrum Scale V5.0.1.0 and V5.0.1.1

Refer to the following reference URLs for remediation and additional vulnerability details:
Source Bulletin: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10730967
X-Force Database: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148805

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