Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in git affects PowerKVM

Summary

PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in git. IBM has now addressed this vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-11235 DESCRIPTION: Git could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation of submodule “names” supplied via the untrusted .gitmodules file when appending them to the ‘$GIT_DIR/modules’ directory. By sending specially-crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/144075&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

PowerKVM 3.1

Remediation/Fixes

Customers can update PowerKVM systems by using “yum update”.

Fix images are made available via Fix Central. See <https://ibm.biz/BdHggw&gt;. This issue is addressed starting with v3.1.0.2 update 15.

Workarounds and Mitigations

none