Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in glibc affect Power Hardware Management Console ( CVE-2015-1781)

Summary

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

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-1781**
DESCRIPTION:** GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the gethostbyname_r() and other related functions. By sending a specially-crafted argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system elevated privileges or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/#/vulnerabilities/102500&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

Power HMC V8.1.0.0

Power HMC V8.2.0.0

Power HMC V8.3.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product|
VRMF|
APAR|
Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—|—

Power HMC|
V8.8.1.0 SP2|
MB03920|
Apply eFix MH01532

Power HMC|
V8.8.2.0 SP1|
MB03926|
Apply eFix MH01538

Power HMC|
V8.8.3.0|
MB03927|
Apply eFix MH01539

Note:
1. For unsupported releases IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported release of the product.
2. After applying the PTF, you should restart the HMC.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None