Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in libnl3 affects PowerKVM

Summary

PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in NetworkManager (libnl3). IBM has now addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-0553**
DESCRIPTION:** Google Android could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw in libnl. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted application, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi service.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124490 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

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. See https://ibm.biz/BdHggw. This issue is addressed starting with v3.1.0.2 update 11.

Workarounds and Mitigations

none