Security Bulletin
Summary
PowerKVM is affected by cups vulnerabilities (multiple CVEs).
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-9679
DESCRIPTION: CUPS is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in cupsRasterReadPixels. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted raster file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/101014 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2015-1158
DESCRIPTION: Apple CUPS could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the improper handling of localized strings. By sending specially crafted strings, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the admin/conf and admin access control lists to fail and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/103852 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2015-1159
DESCRIPTION: Apple CUPS is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the templating engine. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim''s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim''s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/103853 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
PowerKVM 2.1
Remediation/Fixes
Fix is made available via Fix Central (https://ibm.biz/BdEnT8) in 2.1.1 build 57 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
1 July 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
isg3T1022443