Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in qemu-kvm affects IBM SmartCloud Provisioning for IBM Software Virtual Appliance

Security Bulletin

Summary

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in qemu-kvm affects IBM SmartCloud Provisioning for IBM Software Virtual Appliance (CVE-2015-5165).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-5165
DESCRIPTION: Xen could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the improper validation of input in the C+ mode offload emulation by the QEMU model of the RTL8139 network card. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain host-level data.
CVSS Base Score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105254 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 for IBM Software Virtual Appliance

Remediation/Fixes

If you are running IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 for IBM Software Virtual Appliance, contact IBM support.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins

Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this.

References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

Off

Change History

* 13 November 2015: Original Copy 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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Internal Use Only

CVE-IDs: CVE-2015-5165

[{"Product":{"code":"SSZH3R","label":"IBM Service Agility Accelerator for Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Component":"Security","Platform":[{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"}],"Version":"2.1;2.1.0.1;2.1.0.2;2.1.0.3","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSZH3R","label":"IBM Service Agility Accelerator for Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"}}]

Tips

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in qemu-kvm affects IBM SmartCloud Provisioning for IBM Software Virtual Appliance