Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSH affect IBM i

Summary

OpenSSH is used by IBM i. IBM i has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-10009 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the loading of a specially crafted PKCS#11 module across a forwarded agent channel. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write files or execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119828 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-10010 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in sshd when privilege separation is disabled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a forwarded Unix-domain socket to gain root privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119829 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)

CVEID: CVE-2016-10011 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a privilege separation flaw. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain host private key material and other sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119830 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-10012 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper bounds checking in the shared memory manager. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119831 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Releases 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 of IBM i are affected.

Remediation/Fixes

The issue can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i.

Releases 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 of IBM i are supported and will be fixed.

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

The IBM i PTF numbers are:

Release 7.1 – SI63657 Release 7.2 & 7.3 – SI63656

_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