Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in less library (CVE-2022-48624) affects Power HMC.

Summary

The less library is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-48624
**DESCRIPTION:**less could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a flaw with omitting shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE in the close_altfile() function in filename.c. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the host operating system.
CVSS Base score: 7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/289398 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

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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V10.2.1040.0 SP2 x86

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MB04458

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MF71693

Power HMC

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V10.2.1040.0 SP2 ppc

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MB04459

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MF71694

Power HMC

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V10.3.1060.0 x86

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MB04462

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MF71697

Power HMC

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V10.3.1060.0 ppc

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MB04463

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MF71698

Workarounds and Mitigations

None