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14 February 2019

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                               ESB-2019.0474
  Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel affect PowerKVM
                             14 February 2019

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM PowerKVM
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  Linux variants
Impact/Access:     Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
                   Increased Privileges            -- Remote with User Interaction
                   Denial of Service               -- Existing Account            
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-10675 CVE-2018-7566 CVE-2017-13215

Reference:         ESB-2018.3373
                   ESB-2018.3229
                   ESB-2018.2344
                   ESB-2018.2343
                   ESB-2018.1412
                   ESB-2018.3742.3

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10870832

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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel affect PowerKVM


More support for: PowerKVM

Software version: 3.1

Operating system(s): Linux

Reference #: 0870832

Modified date: 12 February 2019

Summary

PowerKVM is affected by vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel . IBM has now
addressed these vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-10675
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a
use-after-free in the do_get_mempolicy function in mm/mempolicy.c. By using
specially crafted system calls, a local attacker could exploit this
vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
142895 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-7566
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by
improper bounds checking by user-supplied input. By using an
SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq, a local
authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on
the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
141112 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-13215
DESCRIPTION: Google Android could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated
privileges on the system, caused by a flaw in the Upstream kernel skcipher. By
persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted application, a remote attacker
could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged
process.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
137560 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

PowerKVM 3.1

Remediation/Fixes

Customers can update PowerKVM systems by using "yum update".

Fix images are made available via Fix Central. See https://ibm.biz/BdHggw .
This issue is addressed starting with v3.1.0.2 update 14.

Workarounds and Mitigations

none

Change History

7 February 2019 - Initial Version


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OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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