CVE-2021-38923 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1010 could allow a privileged user to gain access to another VM due to assigning duplicate WWPNs. IBM X-Force ID: 210162.

Published: 2021-10-06

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

PowerVM Hypervisor

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`FW1010`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:ibm:powervm_hypervisor_firmware:1010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-25360	IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1010 could allow a privileged user to gain access to another VM due to assigning duplicate WWPNs. IBM X-Force ID: 210162.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00273.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210162
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6495879

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Powervm Hypervisor Powervm Hypervisor Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published: 2021-10-06T17:50:17.792Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:18:59.874Z

Reserved: 2021-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38923

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-06T18:15:10.790

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:18:12.867

Link: CVE-2021-38923

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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