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AA-2009.0132 -- [IBM HMC] -- IBM Hardware Management Console: Reduced Security

Date: 01 June 2009

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AA-2009.0132                  AUSCERT Advisory

                                 [IBM HMC]
             IBM Hardware Management Console: Reduced Security
                                1 June 2009
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        AusCERT Advisory Summary
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Product:              IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) Version 7 
                        Release 3.4.0 Service Pack 2
Operating System:     IBM HMC
Impact:               Reduced Security
CVE Names:            CVE-2009-1806
Member content until: Monday, June 29 2009

OVERVIEW:

       An unspecified vulnerability has been identified in IBM Hardware
       Management Console (HMC) Version 7 Release 3.4.0 Service Pack 2.


IMPACT:

       Details of this vulnerability have not been released, however the 
       vendor provides the following information:

       "This PTF fixes a problem that may occur when a shared memory 
       partition is migrated to a target system that has a shared memory 
       pool configured with redundant paging VIOS partitions." [1]


MITIGATION:

       The vendor has made the patch MH01181 available, which can be
       dowloaded from IBM Fix Central. [2]


REFERENCES:

       [1] Firmware Description File
           http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/firmware/readme?fixid=MH01181

       [2] IBM Support Fix Central
           http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

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described is the responsibility of each user or organisation. The decision to
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If you believe that your computer system has been compromised or attacked in 
any way, we encourage you to let us know by completing the secure National IT 
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