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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN
Document ID: c05347541
Version: 1
HPSBGN03680 rev.1 - HPE Propel, Local Denial of Service (DoS), Escalation of
Privilege
NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as
soon as possible.
Release Date: 2016-11-30
Last Updated: 2016-11-30
Potential Security Impact: Local: Denial of Service (DoS), Escalation of
Privilege
Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Product Security Response Team
VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
Potential security vulnerabilities were identified in HPE Propel. The
vulnerabilities could be exploited locally to allow escalation of privilege
or Denial of Service (DoS).
References:
- CVE-2016-1669 - V8 (DoS) Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2016-4997 - Linux kernel vulnerability
- CVE-2016-5195 - Linux kernel, "Dirty COW"
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
- HPE Propel v1.01, v1.11, v2.01, v2.10, v2.20
BACKGROUND
CVSS Base Metrics
=================
Reference, CVSS V3 Score/Vector, CVSS V2 Score/Vector
CVE-2016-1669
8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/
9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVE-2016-4997
7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/
7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVE-2016-5195
7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/
7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Information on CVSS is documented in
HPE Customer Notice HPSN-2008-002 here:
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/
RESOLUTION
HPE has made the following mitigation information available to address the
vulnerabilities in the impacted versions of HPE Propel.
* For CVE-2016-1669 refer to <https://softwaresupport.hpe.
* For CVE-2016-4997 refer to <https://softwaresupport.hpe.
* For CVE-2016-5195 refer to <https://softwaresupport.hpe.
HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) - 30 November 2016 Initial release
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GN = HPE General Software
HF = HPE Hardware and Firmware
MU = Multi-Platform Software
NS = NonStop Servers
OV = OpenVMS
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ST = Storage Software
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