IBM Power 9 OP910/Power 9 OP920/Power 9 FW910 memory corruption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Power 9 OP910, Power 9 OP920 and Power 9 FW910 (the affected version is unknown). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The IBM Power 9 OP910, OP920, and FW910 boot firmware's bootloader is responsible for loading and validating the initial boot firmware image that drives the rest of the system's hardware initialization. The bootloader firmware contains a buffer overflow vulnerability such that, if an attacker were able to replace the initial boot firmware image with a very carefully crafted and sufficiently large, malicious replacement, it could cause the bootloader, during the load of that image, to overwrite its own instruction memory and circumvent secure boot protections, install trojans, etc. IBM X-Force ID: 154345.
The bug was discovered 02/18/2019. The weakness was presented 03/21/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-1992 since 12/13/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 31 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Timeline
12/13/2017 🔍02/18/2019 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: ibm.comAdvisory: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1992 (🔍)
X-Force: 154345
Entry
Created: 03/21/2019 23:03Updated: 08/03/2023 14:44
Changes: 03/21/2019 23:03 (55), 05/18/2020 06:53 (1), 08/03/2023 14:43 (3), 08/03/2023 14:44 (12)
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