Security Bulletin
Summary
PowerKVM is affected by libxml vulnerability CVE-2014-0191.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-0191
DESCRIPTION: Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the expansion of internal entities within the xmlParserHandlePEReference() function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted XML document containing malicious attributes to consume all available CPU resources.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/93092 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Effective CVSS Score: 5.00
Affected Products and Versions
PowerKVM 2.1
Remediation/Fixes
Fix is made available via Fix Central (https://ibm.biz/BdEnT8) in 2.1.1 SP2 (build 51) and all later builds and fix packs. For systems currently running fix levels of PowerKVM prior to 2.1.1, please see http://download4.boulder.ibm.com/sar/CMA/OSA/05e4c/0/README for prerequisite fixes and instructions. Customers can also update from 2.1.1 (GA and later levels) by using "yum update".
Workarounds and Mitigations
none
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References
Change History
17 May 2015 - Initial Version
5 June 2015 - Updated remediation plan
*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
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isg3T1022256