Security Bulletin
Summary
PowerKVM is vulnerable to Qemu vulnerability CVE-2015-1779.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-1779
DESCRIPTION: QEMU is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when processing incoming frames by the websocket frame decoder. A remote attacker from within the local network with access to a guest's VNC console could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available CPU and memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/101834 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Affected Products and Versions
PowerKVM 2.1
Remediation/Fixes
Fix is made available via Fix Central in Build 46 and all later builds and fix packs. For systems currently running fix levels of PowerKVM prior to 2.1.1, please see the README at http://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/OSA/04xig/0/README for prerequisite fixes and instructions.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
February 15, 2015 - 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
isg3T1022149