4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. IBM has now addressed this vulnerability.
CVEID: CVE-2016-7097**
DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the setgid bit being preserved during a setxattr call by the filesystem implementation. By leveraging the existence of a setgid program, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain group privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118151 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
PowerKVM 2.1 and PowerKVM 3.1
Customers can update PowerKVM systems by using βyum updateβ.
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 8.
For version 2.1, see https://ibm.biz/BdEnT8. This issue is addressed starting with PowerKVM 2.1.1.3-65 update 17. Customers running v2.1 are, in any case, encouraged to upgrade to v3.1.
For v2.1 systems currently running fix levels of PowerKVM prior to 2.1.1, please see <http://download4.boulder.ibm.com/sar/CMA/OSA/05e4c/0/README> for prerequisite fixes and instructions.
none
4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N