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EGI CSIRT ADVISORY [EGI-ADV-20140407]
Title: EGI SVG Advisory 'High' RISK - Vulnerability announced in Lustre
[EGI-ADV-20140407]
Date: 2014-04-07
Updated:
URL: https://advisories.egi.eu/CSIRT_Alerts/Lustre-2014-04-07
Introduction
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A vulnerability was found in Lustre which allows a user to access another user's files.
[R 1]
This was fixed by the software providers on 14th March 2014, see [R 2], [R 3]
Details
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Details are available at [R 1] [R 2] [R 3]
Risk category
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This issue has been assessed as 'High' risk by the EGI CSIRT and EGI SVG Risk
Assessment Team.
Affected software
=================
Lustre file system versions Lustre 2.4.0/2.4.1/2.4.2
This is fixed in Lustre version 2.4.3
Lustre file system version Lustre 2.5.0
This is fixed in Lustre version 2.5.1
Note that this vulnerability is thought to not exist in any release earlier
than 2.4.0.
Component installation information
==================================
See [R 2] [R 3]
Recommendations
===============
Sites using vulnerable versions Lustre should update as soon as possible,
if they have not done so since 14th March 2014.
Other information
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CSIRT will not monitor for updated versions. It is up to sites deploying Lustre to
ensure they update.
Credit
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EGI SVG and CSIRT were alerted to this vulnerability by Tobias Dussa
References
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[R 1] https://jira.hpdd.intel.com/browse/LU-4703
[R 2] https://lists.01.org/pipermail/hpdd-discuss/2014-March/000903.html
[R 3] https://lists.01.org/pipermail/hpdd-discuss/2014-March/000904.html
Timeline
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Yyyy-mm-dd
2014-03-14 Lustre vulnerability fixed by software providers
2014-03-31 EGI SVG and CSIRT were alerted to this vulnerability by Tobias Dussa
2014-04-03 EGI SVG considered 'High' risk, therefore recommended alerting sites.
2014-04-07 Alert issued.
On behalf of the EGI CSIRT and SVG