Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM CloudPak for Multicloud Monitoring had a few containers running in priviliged mode which is vulnerable to host information leakage or destruction if unauthorized access to these containers could execute arbitrary commands. Now only containers requiring this permissions are running in priviliged mode.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-38941
DESCRIPTION: IBM CloudPak for Multicloud Monitoring has a few containers running in priviliged mode which is vulnerable to host information leakage or destruction if unauthorized access to these containers could execute arbitrary commands.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211048 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring | 2.0 - 2.3 Fix Pack 4 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading using the instructions found at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-paks/cp-management/2.3.x?topic=installation-upgrade.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
28 Jun 2022: 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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
29 June 2022
UID
ibm16599639