Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC)
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2023-6004 CVE-2023-6918 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-78 CWE-252 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) Server applications / Other server solutions |
| Vendor | IBM Corporation |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) OS Command Injection
EUVDB-ID: #VU84538
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6004
CWE-ID:
CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in OpenSSH client. If an invalid user or hostname that contained shell metacharacters was passed to ssh(1), and a ProxyCommand, LocalCommand directive or "match exec" predicate referenced the user or hostname via %u, %h or similar expansion token, then an attacker who could supply arbitrary user/hostnames to ssh(1) could potentially perform command injection depending on what quoting was present in the user-supplied ssh_config(5) directive.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsIBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC): before 10.2.1040.0 SP3
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7178945
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Unchecked Return Value
EUVDB-ID: #VU84540
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6918
CWE-ID:
CWE-252 - Unchecked Return Value
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to libssh does not check for returned values of message digest (MD) operations in low memory conditions. A remote attacker can terminate the connection or force the library to use weak keys.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsIBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC): before 10.2.1040.0 SP3
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7178945
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
