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TITLE:
IBM HMC Version 3 Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27970

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27970/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC)
http://secunia.com/product/3967/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in IBM HMC, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

Unspecified errors in some HMC commands can be exploited to gain
escalated privileges.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 3 release 3.7. Prior
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
HMC Version 3:
Install PTF U814685.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=4036

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