Security Bulletin: IBM Facsimile Support for i is vulnerable to local privilege escalation (CVE-2023-30988)

Summary

IBM Facsimile Support for i is vulnerable to local privilege escalation as described in the vulnerability details section. IBM Facsimile Support for i has addressed the vulnerability as described in the remediation/fixes section.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-30988
**DESCRIPTION:**The IBM i product Facsimile Support for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/254016 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

The issue can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i. IBM i releases 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 installed with 5798-FAX version V5R8M0 will be fixed.

The IBM i PTF number for IBM i 5798-FAX version V5R8M0 contains the fix for the vulnerability.

IBM i Release| 5798-FAX
version V5R8M0 PTF Number| PTF Download Link
—|—|—
7.5| SI83583| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI83583&gt;
7.4| SI83583| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI83583&gt;
7.3| SI83583| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI83583&gt;
7.2 | SI83583| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI83583&gt;

<https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral&gt;

Important note: IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None