Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Bash (CVE-2019-18276) affects HMC

Summary

GNU Bash is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-18276
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU Bash could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a flaw in the disable_priv_mode in shell.c. By sending a specially-crafted command, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172331 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Remediation/Fixes

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

Product

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VRMF

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APAR

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Remediation/Fix

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Power HMC

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V9.2.952.0 ppc

|

MB04300

|

MH01905

Power HMC

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V9.2.952.0 x86

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MB04299

|

MH01904

Power HMC

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V10.1.1010.0 ppc

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MB04291

|

MF68970

Power HMC

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V10.1.1010.0 x86

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MB04294

|

MF68994

Workarounds and Mitigations

None