CVE-2015-1937

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1937
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneribm
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-05-30 19:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionIBM PowerVC 1.2.0.x through 1.2.0.4, 1.2.1.x through 1.2.1.2, and 1.2.2.x through 1.2.2.2 does not require authentication for the ceilometer NoSQL database, which allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary database records, and consequently obtain administrator privileges, via a session on port 27017.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-284 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.0.0 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.0.0 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.0.1 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.0.1 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.0.2 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.0.2 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.0.3 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.0.3 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.0.4 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.0.4 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.1.0 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.1.0 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.1.1 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.1.2 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.1.2 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.2.0 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.2.0 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.2.1 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.2.1 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.2.2 All All All
Application Ibm Powervc 1.2.2.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM PowerVC CVE-2015-1937 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM Security Bulletin: Ceilometer database access unrestricted in PowerVC (CVE-2015-1937) - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IT08806: IBM PowerVC is using a ceilometer database that does not have authentication enabled. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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