Security Bulletin: IBM PurePower Integrated Manager has released instructions in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown

Summary

IBM has released the following instructions for IBM PurePower Integrated Manager in response to CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754. RHEL Server is shipped as a component of PPIM. Information about a security vulnerability affecting RHEL Server has been published in a Red Hat errata.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-5753

CVEID: CVE-2017-5715

CVEID: CVE-2017-5754

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product Name

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Affected Versions

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PurePower Integrated Manager Appliance | 1.1.0, 1.1.0.1, 1.1.0.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.0.1, 1.2.0.2, 1.2.0.3, 1.2.0.4
PurePower Integrated Manager Service Appliance | 1.1.0, 1.1.0.1, 1.1.0.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.0.1, 1.2.0.2, 1.2.0.3, 1.2.0.4
PurePower Integrated Manager Power VC Appliance| 1.1.0, 1.1.0.1, 1.1.0.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.0.1, 1.2.0.2, 1.2.0.3, 1.2.0.4
PurePower Integrated Manager KVM Host | 1.1.0, 1.1.0.1, 1.1.0.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.0.1, 1.2.0.2, 1.2.0.3, 1.2.0.4

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
PurePower Integrated Manager Appliance | 1.1.0, 1.1.0.1, 1.1.0.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.0.1, 1.2.0.2, 1.2.0.3, 1.2.0.4| Consult the link <https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution&gt; for vulnerability details and information about fixes
PurePower Integrated Manager Service Appliance | 1.1.0, 1.1.0.1, 1.1.0.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.0.1, 1.2.0.2, 1.2.0.3, 1.2.0.4| Consult the link <https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution&gt; for vulnerability details and information about fixes
PurePower Integrated Manager Power VC Appliance| 1.1.0, 1.1.0.1, 1.1.0.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.0.1, 1.2.0.2, 1.2.0.3, 1.2.0.4| Consult the link <https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution&gt; for vulnerability details and information about fixes
PurePower Integrated Manager KVM Host | 1.1.0, 1.1.0.1, 1.1.0.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.0.1, 1.2.0.2, 1.2.0.3, 1.2.0.4| Consult the link <https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution&gt; for vulnerability details and information about fixes

Power Firmware Security fixes:

Consult the link <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1026811&gt; for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

HMC Security fixes:

Consult the link <http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1022442&gt; for vulnerability details and information about fixes.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

29 May 2018 : Original version 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.

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