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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in OpenSSH affects Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2015-8325)

Created by Samvedna Jha on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/667899
667899

Security Bulletin


Summary

OpenSSH is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-8325
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in the do_setup_env function when the UseLogin feature is enabled and PAM is configured to read .pam_environment files in user home directories. By using an LD_PRELOAD environment variable, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114628 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

Power HMC V8.8.3.0
Power HMC V8.8.4.0
Power HMC V8.8.5.0
Power HMC V8.8.6.0

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
V8.8.3.0 SP3
MB04070
Power HMC
V8.8.4.0 SP2
MB04071
Power HMC
V8.8.5.0 SP2
MB04074
Power HMC
V8.8.6.0 SP1
MB04041

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

23 March 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

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 September 2021

UID

nas8N1021870

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