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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in PAM affect Power Hardware Management Console (‪CVE-2013-7041 and CVE-2015-3238‬)

Security Bulletin


Summary

PAM is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2013-7041
DESCRIPTION: pam_userdb module for Pam could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an error in the strncasecmp() function within the pam_userdb module for Pam on comparison of the stored hash password with the user's password hash. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using brute-force techniques to obtain user credentials.

CVSS Base Score: 2.1

CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89588 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2015-3238
DESCRIPTION: Linux-PAM could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the _unix_run_helper_binary function in the pam_unix module. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an overly large password to enumerate usernames and cause the system to hang.

CVSS Base Score: 5.1

CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106368 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Power HMC V7.7.9.0

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Product
VRMF
APAR
Remediation/Fix
Power HMC
V7.7.9.0 SP3
MB04044

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Change History


9 November 2016: Original Version Published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 September 2021

UID

nas8N1021702