Security Bulletin: PowerHA System Mirror for AIX vulnerability

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM PowerHA could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information from temporary directories after a discovery failure occurs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-4832
DESCRIPTION: IBM PowerHA could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information from temporary directories after a discovery failure occurs.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/189969 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
PowerHA	All

Remediation/Fixes

PowerHA System Mirror for AIX - 7.2.4 SP2

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Cluster%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/PowerHAClusterManager&release=7.2.4&platform=AIX&function=all

PowerHA System Mirror for AIX - 7.2.3 SP4

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Cluster%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/PowerHAClusterManager&release=7.2.3&platform=AIX&function=all

PowerHA System Mirror for AIX - 7.2.2 SP5

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Cluster%20software&product=ibm/Other+software/PowerHAClusterManager&release=7.2.2&platform=AIX&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Acknowledgement

IBM Deutschland GmbH

Change History

03 Nov 2020: Initial Publication

*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 Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: PowerHA System Mirror for AIX vulnerability