Security Bulletin
Summary
PowerKVM is affected by a qemu vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-9718
DESCRIPTION: QEMU is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to restrict malicious PRDT data from flowing from a guest to the host's IDE or AHCI controllers. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base Score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/101836 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/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 2.1.1 build 52 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
26 May 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
isg3T1022294