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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2017.0282 HPESBGN03696 rev.1 - HPE Helion Eucalyptus, Remote Escalation of Privilege 1 February 2017 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: HPE Helion Eucalyptus Publisher: Hewlett-Packard Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Virtualisation Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-8528 Original Bulletin: https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c05382868 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Note: the current version of the following document is available here: https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c05382868 SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN Document ID: c05382868 Version: 1 HPESBGN03696 rev.1 - HPE Helion Eucalyptus, Remote Escalation of Privilege NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible. Release Date: 2017-01-31 Last Updated: 2017-01-31 Potential Security Impact: Remote: Escalation of Privilege Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Product Security Response Team VULNERABILITY SUMMARY A potential security vulnerability has been identified in certain HPE Helion Eucalyptus services. The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges in Eucalyptus EC2, AutoScaling, CloudWatch, and Load Balancing services. References: - CVE-2016-8528 SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed. - HPE Helion Eucalyptus versions 3.3.0 through 4.3.1 BACKGROUND CVSS Base Metrics ================= Reference, CVSS V3 Score/Vector, CVSS V2 Score/Vector CVE-2016-8528 8.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L 6.0 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) Information on CVSS is documented in HPE Customer Notice HPSN-2008-002 here: https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01345499 RESOLUTION HPE has provided a resolution to this security vulnerability: * HPE Helion Eucalyptus version 4.3.1.1 resolves this issue. HISTORY Version:1 (rev.1) - 31 January 2017 Initial release Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be installed on systems running Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) software products should be applied in accordance with the customer's patch management policy. 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