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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Monitoring agent and shared library with potential for privilege escalation (CVE-2013-5467)

Created by Mary Beth Kristoff on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/513215
513215

Security Bulletin


Summary

Privilege escalation vulnerability in an IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) agent could be exploited by a local user to gain elevated privilege of another user. This vulnerability also affects a shared library shipped with all ITM components and agents.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2013-5467

Description: Privilege escalation vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to gain elevated privilege of another user.



CVSS Base Score: 6.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88370 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

Monitoring Agent for UNIX Logs version 6.2.3 through 6.2.3 Fix Pack 04
Monitoring Agent for UNIX Logs version 6.2.2 through 6.2.2 Fix Pack 09
Monitoring Agent for UNIX Logsversion 6.2.1 through 6.2.1 Fix Pack 04
Monitoring Agent for UNIX Logs version 6.2.0 through 6.2.0 Fix Pack 03

Monitoring Agent for UNIX Logs is not shipped as part of ITM 6.30

Utility shipped as part of the monitoring server and a binary shipped as part of the Shared Libraries included with all IBM Tivoli Monitoring components and agents. These are affected only on UNIX and Linux:
Monitoring Server (ms) and Shared Libraries (ax) version 6.3.0 through 6.3.0 Fix Pack 01
Monitoring Server (ms) and Shared Libraries (ax) version 6.2.3 through 6.2.3 Fix Pack 01
Monitoring Server (ms) and Shared Libraries (ax) version 6.2.2 through 6.2.2 Fix Pack 08
Monitoring Server (ms) and Shared Libraries (ax) version 6.2.1 through 6.2.1 Fix Pack 04
Monitoring Server (ms) and Shared Libraries (ax) version 6.2.0 through 6.2.0 Fix Pack 03

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are for the Monitoring Agent for UNIX Logs:

Fix

VRMFHow to acquire fix
N/A6.3.0Does not ship in 6.3.0.
6.2.3-TIV-ITM_FP00056.2.3http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24035801
6.2.2.9-TIV-ITM_UXLOG-IF0002 6.2.2http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037225
For versions 6.20 and 6.21, contact IBM Support.

The following fixes are for the utility shipped as part of the monitoring server and the shared library included with all ITM components and agents on UNIX and Linux.
FixVRMFHow to acquire fix
6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP00026.3.0http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24035402
6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP00026.2.3http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24032429
6.2.2-TIV-ITM_FP00096.2.2http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24032067
For versions 6.20 and 6.21, contact IBM Support.

The technote Upgrading Shared Components for IBM Tivoli Monitoring Agents provides instructions on updating the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Shared Libraries for agents not included in the Fix Packs above.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Contact IBM Support for options.

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References

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Change History

26 August 2014 Original Copy Published.

*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.

*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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Internal Use Only

Advisory 1231
IBM20131015-1556-42
DB Record 30573 
CVE-2013-5467

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Product Synonym

ITM

Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21675798