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Article Number: 000153709


DSA-2020-142: Dell EMC Isilon OneFS and Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS Security Update for SyncIQ Privilege Escalation Vulnerability with /ifs/.ifsvar directory

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Impact

Critical

Details

Summary:      
Dell EMC Isilon OneFS and Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS contain a remediation for a SyncIQ privilege escalation that may be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

  • Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Dell EMC Isilon OneFS versions 8.2.2 and earlier and Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS version 9.0.0 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated malicious user may exploit this vulnerability by using SyncIQ to gain unauthorized access to system management files.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 8.8 (/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

  • Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Dell EMC Isilon OneFS versions 8.2.2 and earlier and Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS version 9.0.0 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. An authenticated malicious user may exploit this vulnerability by using SyncIQ to gain unauthorized access to system management files.

CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 8.8 (/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Dell Technologies recommends all customers consider both the CVSS base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores that may impact the potential severity associated with a particular security vulnerability.

Affected Products and Remediation

Affected products:      
Dell EMC Isilon OneFS versions 8.2.2 and earlier.
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS version 9.0.0.


Resolution:      
For Dell EMC Isilon OneFS versions 8.2.2 and 8.1.2, the fix for this issue is included with the August, 2020 Roll-up Patch, as well as all future Roll-up Patches.

For Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS version 9.0.0, the fix for this issue is included with the August, 2020 Roll-up Patch, as well as all future Roll-up Patches.

For more information and to obtain a Roll-up patch, see the Current PowerScale and Isilon OneFS Patches document.

Affected products:      
Dell EMC Isilon OneFS versions 8.2.2 and earlier.
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS version 9.0.0.


Resolution:      
For Dell EMC Isilon OneFS versions 8.2.2 and 8.1.2, the fix for this issue is included with the August, 2020 Roll-up Patch, as well as all future Roll-up Patches.

For Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS version 9.0.0, the fix for this issue is included with the August, 2020 Roll-up Patch, as well as all future Roll-up Patches.

For more information and to obtain a Roll-up patch, see the Current PowerScale and Isilon OneFS Patches document.

Related Information


Article Properties


Affected Product

PowerScale OneFS

Product

PowerScale OneFS, Product Security Information

Last Published Date

22 May 2021

Article Type

Dell Security Advisory