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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSH affects IBM Integrated Analytics System

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Summary

OpenSSH used by IBM Integrated Analytics System. IBM Integrated Analytics System has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-41617
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in sshd when certain non-default configurations are used. By executing an AuthorizedKeysCommand or AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand, where a AuthorizedKeysCommandUser or AuthorizedPrincipalsCommandUser directive has been set to run the command as a non-root user, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain privileges associated with group memberships of the sshd process.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210062 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Integrated Analytics System1.0.0-1.0.27.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by applying below security patch.

ProductVRMFRemediation / First Fix
IBM Integrated Analytics System  7.9.21.12.SP6Link to fix central

 

  • Please follow the steps given in release notes to upgrade system with security patches 

   

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

02 Feb 2022: Initial Publication

*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 Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 February 2022

Initial Publish date:
02 February 2022

UID

ibm16556994

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