Security Bulletin: IBM Rational Development Studio for i is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation due to an unqualified library call in compiler infrastructure [CVE-2024-25050]

Summary

IBM i product IBM Rational Development Studio for i is vulnerable to a user gaining elevated privilege due to a CL command being called without library qualification in compiler infrastructure as described in the vulnerability details section. This bulletin identifies the steps to take to address the vulnerability as described in the remediation/fixes section.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2024-25050
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM i networking and compiler infrastructure could allow a local user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283242 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

Remediation/Fixes

The issue can be fixed by applying PTFs to IBM i. IBM i releases 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 will be fixed.

The IBM i PTF numbers for 5770-WDS contain the fixes for the vulnerability.

IBM i Release

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5770-WDS

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PTF Download Link

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7.5| SI86179
SJ00204| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI86179
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SJ00204
7.4| SI86136
SJ00196| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI86136
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SJ00196
7.3| SI86096
SJ00194| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI86096
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SJ00194
7.2| SI86065
SJ00157| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI86065
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SJ00157

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Important note: IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None