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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.0282
HPESBGN03696 rev.1 - HPE Helion Eucalyptus, Remote Escalation of Privilege
1 February 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: HPE Helion Eucalyptus
Publisher: Hewlett-Packard
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Virtualisation
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-8528
Original Bulletin:
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c05382868
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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN
Document ID: c05382868
Version: 1
HPESBGN03696 rev.1 - HPE Helion Eucalyptus, Remote Escalation of Privilege
NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as
soon as possible.
Release Date: 2017-01-31
Last Updated: 2017-01-31
Potential Security Impact: Remote: Escalation of Privilege
Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Product Security Response Team
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in certain HPE Helion
Eucalyptus services. The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate
privileges in Eucalyptus EC2, AutoScaling, CloudWatch, and Load Balancing
services.
References:
- CVE-2016-8528
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
- HPE Helion Eucalyptus versions 3.3.0 through 4.3.1
BACKGROUND
CVSS Base Metrics
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Reference, CVSS V3 Score/Vector, CVSS V2 Score/Vector
CVE-2016-8528
8.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
6.0 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Information on CVSS is documented in
HPE Customer Notice HPSN-2008-002 here:
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01345499
RESOLUTION
HPE has provided a resolution to this security vulnerability:
* HPE Helion Eucalyptus version 4.3.1.1 resolves this issue.
HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) - 31 January 2017 Initial release
Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be
installed on systems running Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) software
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