IBM Security Bulletin: Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache Struts affects the IBM FlashSystem models 840 and 900

Dec 23, 2017 10:00 am EST

Categorized: High Severity

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There is a vulnerability in Apache Struts to which the IBM® FlashSystem™ 840 and FlashSystem™ 900 are susceptible. An exploit of this vulnerability (CVE-2016-4461) could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

CVE(s): CVE-2016-4461

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

FlashSystem 840 machine type and models (MTMs) affected include 9840-AE1 and 9843-AE1.

FlashSystem 900 MTMs affected include 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2.

Supported code versions which are affected
· VRMFs prior to 1.3.0.7
· VRMFs prior to 1.4.5.0

Refer to the following reference URLs for remediation and additional vulnerability details:
Source Bulletin: http://ift.tt/2BFCxQr
X-Force Database: http://ift.tt/2l2dAn3

from IBM Product Security Incident Response Team http://ift.tt/2l4f1Bh