Security Bulletin: IBM Performance Tools for i is vulnerable to local privilege escalation (CVE-2023-30989)

Summary

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

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2023-30989
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Performance Tools 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 all object access to the host operating system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/254017 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 will be fixed.

The IBM i PTF numbers for 5770-PT1 IBM Performance Tools for i contain the fix for the vulnerability.

IBM i Release| 5770-PT1
PTF Number| PTF Download Link
—|—|—
7.5| SI83383| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI83383&gt;
7.4| SI83383| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI83383&gt;
7.3| SI83382| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI83382&gt;
7.2| SI83381| <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ptf/SI83381&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