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Security Bulletin: The PowerVM Platform KeyStore functionality can be compromised if an attacker gains service access to the FSP

Security Bulletin


Summary

An attacker that gains service access to the FSP can locate and through a series of service procedures decrypt data contained in the Platform KeyStore

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-29765
DESCRIPTION:   IBM PowerVM Hypervisor could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information if they gain service access to the FSP.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/202476 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
PowerVM HypervisorFW940
PowerVM HypervisorFW950

Remediation/Fixes

Customers with the products below should install FW940.30(VL940_071), FW950.10(VL950_072) or above to remediate this concern.
1) IBM Power System S922 (9009-22A, 9009-22G)

2) IBM Power System H922 (9223-22H, 9223-22S)

3) IBM Power System S914 (9009-41A, 9009-41G)

4) IBM Power System S924 (9009-42A, 9009-42G)

5) IBM Power System H924 (9223-42H, 9223-42S)

6) IBM Power System E950 (9040-MR9)

7) IBM Power System E980 (9080-M98, 9080-M9S)

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

09 Jun 2021: Initial Publication

*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

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 August 2021

UID

ibm16478039

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