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Security Bulletin: IBM i is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation (CVE-2023-40375).

IBM i is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation due to a flaw in the base operating system code related to the Integrated application server for IBM i as described in the vulnerability details section. The vulnerability exists even when the Integrated application server is not configured or active on the system. IBM i has addressed the vulnerability with a fix as described in the remediation/fixes section.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-40375
DESCRIPTION:   Integrated application server for IBM i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/263580 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

 

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM i7.5
IBM i7.4
IBM i7.3
IBM i7.2

Remediation/Fixes

 

The issue can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i.  IBM i releases 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 will be fixed.
 
The IBM i PTF number for 5770-SS1 contains the fix for the vulnerability.


https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral

Important note: IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.

For more information on this subject please visit the IBM Website https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7038748

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