Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libXpm (CVE-2022-4883, CVE-2022-44617 and CVE-2022-46285) affects Power HMC

Summary

LibXpm has vulnerabilities and is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-4883
**DESCRIPTION:**libXpm could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by compression commands depend on $PATH. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute program on the system with specific privileges.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/244934 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2022-44617
**DESCRIPTION:**libXpm is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by runaway loop on width of 0 and enormous height. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service to the calling program.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/244933 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2022-46285
**DESCRIPTION:**libXpm is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop on unclosed comments. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service to the calling program.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/244932 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: <http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/Fix

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Power HMC

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V9.2.950.0 SP3 ppc

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MB04397

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MH01954

Power HMC

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V9.2.950.0 SP3 x86

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MB04396

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MH01953

Power HMC

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V10.1.1020.0 SP1 ppc

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MB04388

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MF70701

Power HMC

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V10.1.1020.0 SP1 x86

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MB04387

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MF70700

Power HMC

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V10.2.1030.0 ppc

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MB04401

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MF70890

Power HMC

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V10.2.1030.0 SP1 x86

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MB04400

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MF70889

Workarounds and Mitigations

None