Security Bulletin: IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation threat due to use of OpenSSL (CVE-2022-2068)

Summary

IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation threat (CVE-2022-2068) due to the use of OpenSSL. OpenSSL is used by the TS7700 to provide cryptographic capabilities. IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-2068
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the c_rehash script. By sending a specially-crafted request using shell metacharacters, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the script on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226018 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

All versions of microcode for the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 (3957-VEC, 3957-VED, and 3948-VED) prior to and including the following are affected:

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by visiting <https://tape.ibmrcl.enterpriseappointments.com/v2/&gt; or contacting IBM Service at 1-800-IBM-SERV to arrange an upgrade to the latest microcode version followed by the installation of VTD_EXEC.279 as needed. Minimum microcode versions are shown below:

The minimum VTD_EXEC version is shown below:

Workarounds and Mitigations

Although IBM recommends that you upgrade to the fixes identified above, you can mitigate, but not eliminate the risk of these vulnerabilities by restricting physical and network access to the TS7700 to authorized users and IBM Service Personnel only.