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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2014.2062
Security Bulletin: PowerKVM affected by Open Source - 2
issues for qemu (CVE-2014-3615 CVE-2014-5263)
6 November 2014
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM PowerKVM
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Access Privileged Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-5263 CVE-2014-3615
Reference: ESB-2014.1886
ESB-2014.1772
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1021383
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Security Bulletin: PowerKVM affected by Open Source - 2 issues for qemu
(CVE-2014-3615 CVE-2014-5263)
Document information
More support for:
PowerKVM
Software version:
2.1.0
Operating system(s):
Linux
Software edition:
KVM
Reference #:
T1021383
Modified date:
2014-11-04
Security Bulletin
Summary
Various vulnerabilities identified by QEMU community that could allow a remote
attacker to obtain sensitive information or allow a local attacker to gain
elevated privileges on the system.
Vulnerability Details
Description of Vulnerability:CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3615
Description: QEMU could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive
information, caused by an error within VGA emulator (vga.c). By attempting to
set a high quality resolution, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to
obtain host memory bytes.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95785 for more
information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV/N:AC/L:Au/N:C/P:I/N:A:N)
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5263
Description: QEMU could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on
the system, caused by an out-of-bounds access error in vmstate_xhci_event
field list. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt QEMU
process memory and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95082 for more
information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV/L:AC/L:Au/N:C/P:I/P:A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
PowerKVM 2.1.0
Remediation/Fixes
Updated release 2.1.1.0
References
Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
*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
According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT
OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.
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