Security Bulletin
Summary
shell terminal is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: IBM HMC (Hardware Management Console) could allow a local user to escalate their privileges to root access on a restricted shell.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200879 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| HMC V9.1.910.0 | V9.1.910.0 and later |
| HMC V9.2.950.0 | V9.2.950.0 and later |
Remediation/Fixes
Remediation/Fixes
The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
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Product
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VRMF
|
APAR
|
Remediation/Fix
|
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Power HMC
|
V9.1.940.0 SP2 ppc
|
MB04287
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Power HMC
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V9.1.940.0 SP2 x86_64
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MB04286
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|
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Power HMC
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V9.2.950.0 SP1 ppc
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MB04285
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Power HMC
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V9.2.950.0 SP1 x86_64
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MB04284
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Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Acknowledgement
The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Thomas Cope.
Change History
17th July 2021: 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.
Disclaimer
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
22 September 2021
UID
ibm16473347