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HistoryDec 17, 2018 - 2:20 p.m.

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in git affects PowerKVM

2018-12-1714:20:01
www.ibm.com
17

EPSS

0.313

Percentile

97.1%

Summary

PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in git. IBM has now addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

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&gt; 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. For version 3.1, see https://ibm.biz/BdHggw. This issue is addressed starting with v3.1.0.2 update 16.

Workarounds and Mitigations

none