Security Bulletin: Ceilometer database access unrestricted in PowerVC (CVE-2015-1937)

Summary

IBM PowerVC is using a ceilometer database that does not have authentication enabled.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-1937 DESCRIPTION: IBM PowerVC NoSQL database used by ceilometer is listening on the remote port and is configured to allow connections without any authentication. A remote attacker can therefore connect to the database system in order to create, read, update, and delete documents, collections, and databases. Authentication tokens belonging to legitimate users may also be obtained from the database, providing administrator access to the product.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/103109 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

PowerVC Express Edition 1.2.0.0 through 1.2.0.4
PowerVC Express Edition 1.2.1.0 through 1.2.1.2
PowerVC Standard Edition 1.2.0.0 through 1.2.0.4
PowerVC Standard Edition 1.2.1.0 through 1.2.1.2
PowerVC Standard Edition 1.2.2.0 through 1.2.2.2

Remediation/Fixes

Update to PowerVC 1.2.0.4, 1.2.1.2, or 1.2.2.2 as necessary, then apply the corresponding IT08806 interim fix from Fix Central.

For 1.2.0.4: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FOther+software%2FPowerVC&fixids=Security-Fix-1.2.0-PowerVC-FP4-APAR-IT08806&source=SAR

For 1.2.1.2: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FOther+software%2FPowerVC&fixids=Security-Fix-1.2.1-PowerVC-FP2-APAR-IT08806&source=SAR

For 1.2.2.2: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FOther+software%2FPowerVC&fixids=Security-Fix-1.2.2-PowerVC-FP2-APAR-IT08806&source=SAR

Workarounds and Mitigations

Configure your firewall to prevent remote access on port 27017.