Security Bulletin
Summary
autofs is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVEs.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-8169
DESCRIPTION: Red Hat autofs could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error when an interpreted language is used by a program map. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using USER and HOME environment variables to specify the interpreter load path and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101695 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected Products and Versions
Power HMC V8.1.0.0
Power HMC V8.2.0.0
Power HMC V8.3.0.0
Power HMC V8.4.0.0
Remediation/Fixes
The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/Fix |
Power HMC | V8.8.1.0 SP2 | MB03967 | |
Power HMC | V8.8.2.0 SP2 | MB03968 | |
Power HMC | V8.8.3.0 SP1 | MB03969 | |
Power HMC | V8.8.4.0 | MH01559 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
*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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
22 September 2021
UID
nas8N1021004