Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability in GNU cpio (CVE-2014-9112) affects PowerKVM.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-9112
DESCRIPTION: GNU cpio is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the process_copy_in() function. By persuading a victim to extract a specially-crafted archive file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99130 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
PowerKVM 2.1 and PowerKVM 3.1
Remediation/Fixes
Fix is made available via Fix Central (https://ibm.biz/BdEnT8) for v2.1 in 2.1.1 Build 65.5 and all later 2.1.1 SP3 service builds and 2.1.1 fix packs. For version 3.1, see https://ibm.biz/BdHggw for 3.1 service build 2 or later.
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
27 January 2016 - 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
isg3T1023298