PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in git. IBM has now addressed this vulnerability.
CVEID: CVE-2018-17456 DESCRIPTION: Git could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a flaw during processing of a recursive “git clone” of a superproject. By using a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150956> 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)
PowerKVM 3.1
Customers can update PowerKVM systems by using “yum update”.
Fix images are made available via Fix Central. For version 3.1, see https://ibm.biz/BdHggw. This issue is addressed starting with v3.1.0.2 update 16.
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