Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in openssh affect Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2015-5600)

Summary

Opensh is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-5600**
DESCRIPTION:** OpenSSH could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the keyboard-interactive authentication mechanism that allows successive authentications that exceed the MaxAuthTries setting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using brute-force techniques to crack the victim’s password.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/104877 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:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Power HMC V7.3.0.0
Power HMC V7.9.0.0
Power HMC V8.1.0.0
Power HMC V8.2.0.0
Power HMC V8.3.0.0
Power HMC V8.4.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

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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V7.7.3.0 SP1

|

MB03972

|

Apply eFix MH01577

Power HMC

|

V7.7.9.0 SP2

|

MB03974

|

Apply eFix MH01579

Power HMC

|

V8.8.1.0 SP2

|

MB03975

|

Apply eFix MH01580

Power HMC

|

V8.8.2.0 SP2

|

MB03976

|

Apply eFix MH01581

Power HMC

|

V8.8.3.0 SP1

|

MB03977

|

Apply eFix MH01582

Power HMC

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V8.8.4.0

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MH01559

|

Apply eFix MH01560

Workarounds and Mitigations

None