PT-2021-18480 · Ibm · Ibm Powervm Hypervisor

Published 2021-09-21 · Updated 2021-09-29 · CVE-2021-29795

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM PowerVM Hypervisor versions FW860 through FW950

Description The issue allows a local user to create a specially crafted sequence of hypervisor calls from a partition that could crash the system.

Recommendations For versions FW860 through FW950, apply the necessary patches or updates to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-29795

Affected Products

Ibm Powervm Hypervisor

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29795 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/203557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29795 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6490877 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/29196 · Telegram Post