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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in DHCP affects PowerKVM

Created by Scott Garfinkle on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/715803
715803

Security Bulletin


Summary

PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in the DHCP client. IBM has now addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1111
DESCRIPTION: The DHCP client packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux could allow a remote attacker on the local network to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a command injection flaw in the NetworkManager integration script. By spoofing DHCP responses, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the DHCP protocol to inject and execute arbitrary commands on the system with root privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143382 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

PowerKVM 3.1

Remediation/Fixes

Customers can update PowerKVM systems by using "yum update".

Fix images are made available via Fix Central. For version 3.1, see https://ibm.biz/BdHggw. This issue is addressed starting with v3.1.0.2 update 14.

Workarounds and Mitigations

none

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References

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Change History

28 June 2018 - 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
06 July 2018

UID

ibm10715803