Published:
24 February 2005
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2005.0184 -- IBM Security Advisory
HMC (Hardware Management Console) Security Fix
24 February 2005
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: HMC version 4, release 2.0 and above
Publisher: IBM
Platform: IBM POWER4 and POWER5 servers
Impact: Inappropriate Access
Access: Console/Physical
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1) Hardware management console : Security fixes
(2005.02.23)
Guided Setup Wizard Security Fix
Announcing a security fix for HMC Version 4 Release 2.0
and above. This package fixes an HMC security issue with
the Guided Setup Wizard. User(s) with no privileges may be
able to launch the Guided Setup Wizard at the local HMC
console to perform tasks provided by the Wizard. This
service package is referenced by APAR MB00913.
Download HMC fixes
http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/hmc
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