Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in NSS affects PowerKVM

Summary

PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS). IBM has now addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-12384 DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox, could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the improper handling of an SSLv2-compatible ClientHello message. By conducting a passive replay attack, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150436&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)

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