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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.2110
A vulnerability in Python affects PowerKVM
14 June 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: PowerKVM
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: Linux variants
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-9636
Reference: ESB-2019.1789
ESB-2019.1601
ESB-2019.1596
ESB-2019.1462
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10880407
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A vulnerability in Python affects PowerKVM
Product: PowerKVM
Software version: 3.1
Operating system(s): Linux
Reference #: 0880407
Security Bulletin
Summary
PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in Python. IBM has now addressed this
vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-9636
DESCRIPTION: Python urllib.parse.urlsplit and urllib.parse.urlparse components
could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by
improper unicode encoding handling in NFKC normalization. By using a
specially-crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain
sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
158114 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
PowerKVM 3.1
Remediation/Fixes
Customers can update PowerKVM systems by using "yum update".
Fix images are made available via Fix Central. For version 3.1, see https://
ibm.biz/BdHggw. This issue is addressed starting with v3.1.0.2 update 18.
Workarounds and Mitigations
none
Change History
9 April 2019 - Initial Version
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