Security Bulletin
Summary
PowerKVM is affected by vulnerabilities in docker. IBM has now addressed these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-14992
DESCRIPTION: Docker-CE (Also known as Moby) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the lack of content verification. By using a specially-crafted image layer payload, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134421 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2016-9962
DESCRIPTION: Docker Engine could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in the RunC when running as root. By using "runc exec", an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to file-descriptors and escape or modify runC state.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120498 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
PowerKVM V3.1
Remediation/Fixes
Customers can update PowerKVM systems by using "yum update".
Fix images are made available via Fix Central. See https://ibm.biz/BdHggw. This issue is addressed starting with v3.1.0.2 update 15.
Workarounds and Mitigations
none
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References
Change History
10 August 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
26 September 2018
UID
ibm10725649