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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in less library (CVE-2022-48624) affects Power HMC.

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Summary

The less library is used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC). HMC has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-48624
DESCRIPTION:   less could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a flaw with omitting shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE in the close_altfile() function in filename.c. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the host operating system.
CVSS Base score: 7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/289398 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
HMC V10.2.1030.0V10.2.1030.0
HMC V10.3.1050.0V10.3.1050.0

Remediation/Fixes

The following fixes are available on IBM Fix Central at: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Product
VRMF
APAR
Remediation/Fix
Power HMC
V10.2.1040.0 SP2 x86
MB04458
MF71693
Power HMC
V10.2.1040.0 SP2 ppc
MB04459
MF71694
Power HMC
V10.3.1060.0 x86
MB04462
MF71697
Power HMC
V10.3.1060.0 ppc
MB04463
MF71698
 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

26 Jul 2024: 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:
26 July 2024

UID

ibm17161664