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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                              ESB-2017.0862.2
 HPESBGN03722 rev.1 - HPE Operations Agent, Local Escalation of Privilege
                               21 April 2017

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           HPE Operations Agent Virtual Appliance
Publisher:         Hewlett-Packard
Operating System:  Linux variants
Impact/Access:     Root Compromise -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2016-5195  

Reference:         ASB-2016.0103
                   ESB-2017.0629

Original Bulletin: 
   https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-hpesbgn03722en_us

Revision History:  April 21 2017: Updated product name from HPE Operations 
                                  Agent to HPE Operations Agent Virtual 
                                  Appliance
                   April  3 2017: Initial Release

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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: hpesbgn03722en_us
Version: 2

HPESBGN03722 rev.2 - HPE Operations Agent Virtual Appliance, Local Escalation
of Privilege

NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as
soon as possible.

Release Date: 2017-04-21
Last Updated: 2017-04-20

Potential Security Impact: Local: Escalation of Privilege

Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Product Security Response Team

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A security vulnerability in Linux kernel, also known as "Dirty COW", has been
addressed in HPE Operations Agent Virtual Appliance. This vulnerability could
be exploited locally to allow escalation of privilege.

References:

  - CVE-2016-5195 - Linux kernel vulnerability, "Dirty COW" 

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.

  - HPE Operations Agent - v11.11, v11.12, v11.13, v11.14

BACKGROUND

  CVSS Base Metrics
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  Reference, CVSS V3 Score/Vector, CVSS V2 Score/Vector

    CVE-2016-5195
      7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
      7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

    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 made the following mitigation steps available to resolve the
vulnerability in the impacted versions of HPE Operations Agent Virtual
Appliance.

1. Login to the Operations Agent system with root privileges  
2. Update the system using 'yum update kernel' command
3. Reboot the server using '/sbin/shutdown -r now' command

**Note:** Please contact HPE Technical Support if any assistance is needed
regarding the mitigation steps.

HISTORY

Version:1 (rev.1) - 30 March 2017 Initial release

Version:2 (rev.2) - 21 April 2017 Updated product name from HPE Operations
Agent to HPE Operations Agent Virtual Appliance


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