Security Bulletin
Summary
PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in libvirt. IBM has now addressed this vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-5160
DESCRIPTION: libvirt could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the leak of private credentials to the process list. By accessing the process list, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119071 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:N)
Affected Products and Versions
PowerKVM 2.1 and PowerKVM 3.1
Remediation/Fixes
Customers can update PowerKVM systems by using "yum update".
Fix images are made available via Fix Central. For version 3.1, see https://ibm.biz/BdHggw. This issue is addressed starting with v3.1.0.2 update 7.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Customers using v2.1 can work around the problem by upgrading to the fixed version of v3.1.
Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins
References
Change History
23 Jan 2017 - Initial Version
*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.
Was this topic helpful?
Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
isg3T1024827