Security Bulletin: IBM GCM16 KVM Switch Remote Command Execution (CVE-2013-0526)

Summary

Unsanitized web application variables allow a remote authenticated user to execute unauthorized commands as root.

Vulnerability Details

Summary

Unsanitized web application variables allow a remote authenticated user to execute unauthorized commands as root.

Vulnerability details

CVE ID: CVE-2013-0526

Description:

Due to certain web application variables not being sanitized, it may be possible for someone with a valid user ID and password for the system to craft a URL that ultimately allows them to remotely execute commands on the system as root, even if the original user ID did not have root access.

CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 8.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/85367&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected products:

• IBM 1754 GCM16 Global Console Manager 1.18.0.22011 and older (lower numbered) releases
• IBM 1754 GCM32 Global Console Manager 1.18.0.22011 and older

Remediation

IBM recommends updating to firmware version 1.20.0.22575 available on IBM Fix Central.

Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s):

None

References

Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2
CVE-2013-0526
X-Force Vulnerability Database (<http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/85367&gt;)

Related information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal

Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Alejandro Alvarez Bravo.

Change History

15 August 2013: Original copy published

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