SB2017090107 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM AIX
Published: September 1, 2017 Updated: September 5, 2017
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 20 vulnerabilities.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1376)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the IBM J9 VM class verifier. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted untrusted code to disable the security manager and escalate his privileges on the system.
2) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1541)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the AIX JRE/SDK installp and updatep packages. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted packages and prevent the java.security, java.policy and javaws.policy files from being updated correctly.
3) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10053)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can cause the application to crash.
4) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10067)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 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:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and gain privileged access to the system.
5) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10078)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, bypass security restrictions and disclose and modify important data on the system.
6) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10087)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and take full control over the system.
7) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10089)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and take full control over the system.
8) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10090)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and take full control over the system.
9) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10096)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and take full control over the system.
10) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10101)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and take full control over the system.
11) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10102)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 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:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and take full control over the system.
12) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10105)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, bypass security restrictions and modify arbitrary data on the system.
13) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10107)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and take full control over the system.
14) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10108)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can cause the application to crash.
15) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10109)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can cause the application to crash.
16) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10110)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and take control over the affected system.
17) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10115)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can disclose important data on the target system
18) Remote code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10116)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 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:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and take full control over the system.
19) Arbitrary code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10125)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to the system to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and compromise the vulnerable system.
20) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10243)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can disclose arbitrary files or cause the application to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.