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Update: December 3, 2018

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Hitachi Command Suite and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor.

Security Information ID

hitachi-sec-2018-122

Vulnerability description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Hitachi Command Suite and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor.

CVE-2018-2940, CVE-2018-2952, CVE-2018-2973

Affected products and versions are listed below. Please upgrade your version to the appropriate version, or apply the Workarounds.

Affected products

The information is organized under the following headings:

(Example)
Product name: Gives the name of the affected product.

Version:

Platform
Gives the affected version.

Product name: Hitachi Device Manager(*1)

Version(s):

less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager

Version(s):

less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Replication Manager

Version(s):

less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Tuning Manager
Component name: Hitachi Tuning Manager server

Version(s):

less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Tuning Manager
Component name: Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for RAID

Version(s):

8.0.0-00 or more and less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Tuning Manager
Component name: Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for NAS

Version(s):

8.0.0-00 or more and less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Tuning Manager
Component name: Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for SAN Switch

Version(s):

less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager(*2)

Version(s):

less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Global Link Manager

Version(s):

less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Compute Systems Manager

Version(s):

less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Automation Director(English version)

Version(s):

less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Automation Director(Japanese version)

Version(s):

less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Configuration Manager

Version(s):

less than 8.6.2-00

Product name: Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor(*3)
Component name: Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor

Version(s):

less than 4.2.0-00

Product name: Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor(*3)
Component name: Analytics probe server

Version(s):

less than 4.2.0-00

*1
Solaris, AIX and HP-UX are not affected by the vulnerabilities because Device Manager agent does not install Java.
*2
Solaris, AIX and HP-UX are not affected by the vulnerabilities because Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager does not install Java.
*3
This product has been discontinued in Japan.

Fixed products

The information is organized under the following headings:

(Example)
Product name: Gives the name of the fixed product.

Version:

Platform
Gives the fixed version, and release date.

Scheduled version:

Platform
Gives the fixed version scheduled to be released.

Product name: Hitachi Device Manager(*4)

Version(s):

Windows, Linux(*5)
8.6.2-00 October 15, 2018

Product name: Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager

Version(s):

Windows, Linux(*5)
8.6.2-00 October 15, 2018

Product name: Hitachi Replication Manager

Version(s):

Windows, Linux(*5)
8.6.2-00 October 15, 2018

Product name: Hitachi Tuning Manager(*6)

Version(s):

Windows, Linux(*5)
8.6.2-00 October 15, 2018

Product name: Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager(*7)

Version(s):

Windows, Linux, VMware
8.6.2-00 October 15, 2018

Product name: Hitachi Global Link Manager

Version(s):

Windows
8.6.2-00 October 15, 2018

Product name: Hitachi Compute Systems Manager

Version(s):

Windows, Linux
8.6.2-00 October 15, 2018

Product name: Hitachi Automation Director(English version)

Version(s):

Windows, Linux
8.6.2-00 October 15, 2018

Product name: Hitachi Automation Director(Japanese version)

Version(s):

Windows, Linux
8.6.2-00 November 30, 2018

Product name: Hitachi Configuration Manager

Version(s):

Windows, Linux
8.6.2-00 October 15, 2018

Product name: Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor(*3)(*8)

Version(s):

Windows, Linux
4.2.0-00 October 15, 2018
*4
The vulnerabilities of Device Manager agent that runs on the following operating systems can only be corrected by upgrading the JDK used by the Device Manager agent to Oracle JDK version 8u181 or later.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
  • Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6.x
*5
Solaris is no longer supported. Use the fixed version for Windows or Linux.
*6
Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for RAID, Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for NAS and Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for SAN Switch must also be upgraded.
*7
The vulnerabilities of Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager that runs on the following operating systems can only be corrected by upgrading the Java used by the Hitachi Command Suite Common Agent to Oracle JDK/JRE version 8u181 or later.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
  • Oracle Linux 5.x
  • Oracle Linux 6.x
  • Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 5.x
  • Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6.x
*8
Analytics probe server and Configuration Manager REST API must also be upgraded.

For details on the fixed products, contact your Hitachi support service representative.

Workarounds

Changing the JDK used by Hitachi Command Suite products to the Oracle JDK(8u181 or later). For details about precondition and procedure, see Administrator Guide and related documents.(*9)

*9
About Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor (including Analytics probe), contact your Hitachi support service representative.

Revision history

December 3, 2018
Information about affected products, fixed products and workarounds are updated.
October 19, 2018
Information about affected products, fixed products and workarounds are updated.
July 27, 2018
This page is released.
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