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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in krb5 affect PowerKVM

Created by Scott Garfinkle on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/741695
741695

Security Bulletin


Summary

PowerKVM is affected by vulnerabilities in krb5. IBM has now addressed these vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-5730
DESCRIPTION: MIT krb5 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the LDAP Kerberos database. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass DN container check.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139970 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-5729
DESCRIPTION: MIT krb5 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the LDAP Kerberos database. By sending specially-crafted data, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139969 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 16.

Workarounds and Mitigations

none

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

28 September 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:
17 December 2018

UID

ibm10741695

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