Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL affect PowerKVM

Summary

PowerKVM is affected by vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL IBM has now addressed these vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-7486**
DESCRIPTION:** PostgreSQL could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper implementation of pg_user_mappings access qualifications. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain foreign server passwords.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125926 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-7484**
DESCRIPTION:** PostgreSQL could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper privilege checking before providing information from pg_statistic. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain potentially sensitive information from ostensibly restricted tables.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125924 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined

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. For version 3.1, see https://ibm.biz/BdHggw. This issue is addressed starting with v3.1.0.2 update 10.

Workarounds and Mitigations

none