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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in openssh affect Power Hardware Management Console (CVE-2016-0777, CVE-2016-0778)

Security Bulletin


Summary

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

Vulnerability Details


CVEID: CVE-2016-0777
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSH could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a client information leak from using the roaming connection feature. By persuading a victim to connect to a malicious server, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to retrieve private cryptographic keys or other sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109635 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-0778
DESCRIPTION:
OpenSSH is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the packet_write_wait() and ssh_packet_write_wait() API functions when two non-default options: a ProxyCommand and either ForwardAgent or ForwardX11are used. By persuading a victim to connect to a malicious server, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109636 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

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
VRMF
APAR
Remediation/Fix
Power HMC
V7.7.3.0 SP7
MB03733
Power HMC
V7.7.9.0 SP3
MB03737
Power HMC
V8.8.1.0 SP3
MB03738
Power HMC
V8.8.2.0 SP2
MB03739
Power HMC
V8.8.3.0 SP1
MB03744
Power HMC
V8.8.4.0
MB03746

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 September 2021

UID

nas8N1021138