CVE-2016-6115: Buffer Overflow

First published: Wed Feb 01 2017(Updated: )

IBM General Parallel File System is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges or cause the server to crash.

Credit: psirt@us.ibm.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
IBM General Parallel File System	=4.1.0.0
IBM General Parallel File System	=4.1.0.1
IBM General Parallel File System	=4.1.0.2
IBM General Parallel File System	=4.1.0.3
IBM General Parallel File System	=4.1.0.4
IBM General Parallel File System	=4.1.0.5
IBM General Parallel File System	=4.1.0.6
IBM General Parallel File System	=4.1.0.7
IBM General Parallel File System	=4.1.0.8
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.0.0
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.1.0
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.1.1
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.1.2
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.1.3
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.1.4
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.1.5
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.1.6
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.1.7
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.1.8
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.1.9
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.1.1.10
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.2.0.0
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.2.0.1
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.2.0.2
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.2.0.3
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.2.1
IBM Spectrum Scale	=4.2.2.0

Remedy

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1009639

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